Bridge Toyota gets its hands dirty for National Tree Day

In the lead up to Schools’ Tree Day on July 25, Bridge Toyota is supporting junior tree planters from a number of local schools by providing plants.

Planet Ark, together with assistance from Toyota’s National Dealer Network, encourages people from all age groups and communities across the country, to come together and plant trees to repair, revegetate and restore Australia’s landscape.

Dealer Principal, Steve Harris, said that Bridge Toyota is proud to be participating in National Tree Day, which is regarded as Australia’s most successful tree planting event.

“Schools’ Tree Day is an excellent way to bring the community together to plant trees and give something back to the environment.  Just one tree has the capacity to absorb more than a tonne of carbon over the course of its lifetime so it’s not hard to make a difference,” he said.

“It’s inspiring to see how much the students care about the environment and how motivated they are in encouraging the grown-ups to do something about it,” he said.

Schools played an important role in last year’s efforts which saw more than 1.2 million tress, shrubs and grasses planted at 3,100 sites around the country.  

Toyota’s association with National Tree Day has spanned the past nine years, and reflects its efforts to support the environment and local communities through an event that has both a direct environmental impact and the capacity to influence attitudes. 

National Tree Day is just one way that Toyota supports its local communities.  Other initiatives include the Toyota Good for Footy program and the Toyota Community Spirit program which works with organisations including Australian Business Arts Foundation and Conservation Volunteers Australia.

National Tree Day is brought to you by Planet Ark, in association with Toyota. To find out more about National Tree Day go to: www.toyota.com.au/treeday call 1300 88 5000 or visit your local participating Toyota Dealership.  

The Alan Porich Memorial Shave Day - Thursday 27 March

On Thursday 27 March Bridge Toyota held a day for the Alan Porich Memorial Shave Day to help raise money for
the Johnston/Porich Endowment which has been established to support Sydney University’s research, treatment and
awareness of Melanoma.

Our General Manager Steve Harris, kindly put his head on the chopping block (so to speak). Steve’s head was clippered by local radio personality Pete Davies from Mix 104.9

With the generous support of local business associates, friends and staff of Bridge Toyota, $7,000 was raised for this worthy cause.

The following companies have sponsored this day.