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27 March/April 2024 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO RECORD YOUR GREEN LEADERS HOURS FOR 2024 You can now start recording your Green Leaders hours for volunteer work in 2024. The Green Leaders form can be found by scanning the QR code or by visiting the DaveyConnect app and following the Employee Recognition Shortcut to log your hours by submitting your name, email address, and cost center number. Then, you'll record your volunteer hours before submitting the form. The process takes only a few minutes and can be done at any point throughout the year. Quarterly email reminders to submit hours will include the link to Green Leaders form. By submitting your hours throughout the year, you will be part of Davey's corporate social responsibility reporting. Thank you to all Davey employees who are committed to upholding Davey's values and corporate social responsibility, both inside and outside of work. FROM THE ARCHIVES D.I.T.S. DIPLOMA RETURNS TO KENT AFTER 109 YEARS Over a century after it was issued to an employee, a diploma from the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery (as it was called then) has returned to Davey. Lester Glenmore "Blondy" Dean received his diploma when he graduated from D.I.T.S. in December 1915. During his time at Davey, Lester Dean worked throughout the U.S. Dean's diploma had served as a family keepsake for over 100 years until his grandson, Dean Varian, reached out to Davey to see if the company would be interested in it for our historical archives, where the diploma is now safely housed today. Dean Varian said his grandfather eventually became the successful owner-operator of Grand River Orchards, the largest orchard in Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania in the 1930s through the early 1960s near Geneva, Ohio. Christ Bast, center, senior vice president, treasurer and operations support, receives a copy of a diploma from the 1915 class of the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery from Dean and Ruth Varian, who donated the diploma to Davey for inclusion in the company historical archives. The diploma was Lester Glenmore Dean's (inset image), who is Dean Varian's maternal grandfather. Bast is an acquaintance of the Varian family and arranged the donation. The orchard is no longer in operation. "My siblings and I have a deep well of memories visiting our grandparents at the orchard," Dean Varian said. Three out of every four members of the 1915 class were promoted to foreman after attending D.I.T.S., according to the December 1915 issue of The Davey Bulletin. The year 1915 proved to be "a year of great progress and achievement for the whole Davey organization," according to the Bulletin. "The individual members of the Davey organization, including the splendid class of 1915 have prospered handsomely," the 1915 Bulletin states. "It is a fine thing to make money, but it is a glorious thing to make it in such a noble work as tree surgery." Scan the QR code or visit the "Employee Recognition Shortcut" at the top of the homepage on DaveyConnect to access the form. Have you volunteered recently or have plans to soon? Be sure to log your Green Leaders hours to record your volunteer time.

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