The Walt Disney Company Grants $1.5 Million to Tree People to Reforest Fire-Ravaged Areas...

Sunday October 12, 5:07 pm ET LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Walt Disney Company announced a grant of $1.5 million to TreePeople, a non-profit organization, to help reforest fire-ravaged areas in the mountains surrounding greater Los Angeles. Under TreePeople’s California Wildfire Restoration Initiative, of which Disney is the biggest financial supporter, thousands of volunteers will plant an estimated 60,000 new trees over the next three years. “It’s a great way for Disney to give back to the community that we have called home for the last 85 years,” said Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger, who added the gift “is right in line with Disney’s own environmental policies, which seek to maintain sustainable strategies for minimizing our impact and encouraging and activating others to be environmentally responsible.”... [read full story]