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Green Team volunteers participated in planting events and tree giveaways across Mon Power's service area this spring season
FAIRMONT, W.Va., May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This spring, employee volunteers from Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), planted more than 2,700 trees at community events throughout the company's West Virginia service area. The trees, donated by the company, support local beautification and environmental sustainability efforts.
Jessica Shaffer, Advanced Scientist and Lead of FirstEnergy's Green Teams: "Community tree plantings are an important part of our commitment to building a brighter and more sustainable future, and they provide valuable opportunities for our employee volunteers to give back to the communities where they live and work."
Mon Power's Green Team is a group of employees who volunteer their time and talents to support a wide variety of environmental initiatives. The Green Team volunteers planted trees and pollinator gardens in several areas this spring while also participating in multiple tree giveaways. The plantings and giveaways included:
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Fairmont: Volunteers gave away more than 200 saplings at the Marion County Public Library in April and partnered with Marion County Parks and Recreation to plant three pollinator gardens at East Marion Park, Hutchinson Park and Mary Lou Retton Youth Park. Pollinator gardens help create habitat for insects and small animals that pollinate plants and help to sustain ecosystems.
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Hinton: Volunteers planted more than 100 trees in April at Bluestone State Park.
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Morgantown: In April and early May, volunteers planted more than 1,200 trees at several locations in the Morgantown area, including Camp Mountaineer in partnership with the Boy Scouts of America; Coppers Rock State Forest; Falling Run Greenspace in partnership with West Virginia University; Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area; Toms Run Preserve in partnership with the West Virginia Land Trust; and the West Virginia Botanic Garden.
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Parkersburg: Green Team volunteers partnered with the Parkersburg & Wood County Library to give away more than 100 trees and hosted an Earth Day tree-planting workshop where another 64 trees were given away.
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Weirton: Volunteers partnered with the city's parks and recreation department to plant 300 trees in local parks, including Marland Heights Park.
Photos of the Mon Power Green team plantings are available to view or download on FirstEnergy's Flickr page.
Approximately 16,000 trees have already been planted at parks and nature reserves throughout FirstEnergy's six-state service territory so far this year. Tree plantings and giveaways support FirstEnergy's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, promote the responsible use of natural resources and further the advancement of sustainable practices.