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September/October 2019
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
DAVEY VOLUNTEERS FOR
HOME FIRE SAFETY
A dozen members of the Davey Resource Group team
from the Kent office mobilized to help the American Red
Cross educate Ohio homeowners about fire safety. The
group helped install 27 fire alarms and canvassed over 100
homes in Ravenna, Ohio, as part of the national Sound the
Alarm Campaign.
Like the American Red Cross, Davey is often there during
disasters, and both organizations understand the need to
be prepared for things to go wrong. Smoke alarms may
not prevent a home disaster; however, they do save lives
because people typically have only 2 minutes to evacuate.
Jack McCabe, vice president and general manager, utility
vegetation management, DRG, who serves on the board of
the local American Red Cross chapter, was grateful for the
A dozen volunteers from DRG's Kent office volunteered to install smoke
alarms and educate the public on fire safety.
PRUNING LOW FOR THE KIDS
The learning garden fruit trees of Western Avenue School
in Geneva, Illinois, are well-tended and well-loved. For the
past five years, Steve Matravers, assistant district manager,
West Chicago office, makes an annual volunteer visit for
a fruit production prune, ensuring the branches weep low
for the young students while
still producing fruit.
"When the branches are short,
the students can really see
what's going on when they
bloom and produce. It's a
better learning environment,"
Matravers said.
Apple, pear and peach trees in the learning garden are pruned short
for elementary school students to have better access to examine and
learn about the trees.
employees who came out to help on their day off. "I was
extremely touched by the people who volunteered, some
of whom told me they had been affected by house fires and
they wanted to help others." McCabe said.
BUSINESS DEVELOPERS MEET
Regional business developers gathered at the Davey
Institute in August to discuss sales practices, operational
best practices, collaborative team selling and more during
the two-day meeting.
Attendees of the session, facilitated by Frank Monteleone,
national sales manager, included: Tom Beeching, Commercial
Landscape Services (CLS); Brian Borkowicz, National
Business Development Team; Kyle Celmer, Residential/
Commercial (R/C); Cynthia Grady-Henke, CLS and R/C;
Bonnie Marshall, CLS; and David Pattishall, CLS.
Bonnie Marshall, center, makes a point during a regional business
developers' meeting at the Davey Institute in August while Cynthia
Grady-Henke, David Pattishall and Tom Beeching listen.
