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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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July/August 2025
Regional office crews, led by Ryan Sigler, CLS Production
Manager, Suffolk CLS, worked with a local artist to unify
areas affected by natural disasters while clearing damage
from Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina.
In fall 2024, Davey crews gave artist Mark Dobkin four
8-to-10-foot logs from uprooted or damaged trees for his
"Waves of Healing, Waves of Grief" artwork, which will
comprise a set of four carvings depicting ocean waves.
CREWS DONATE HURRICANE DAMAGED TREES TO ARTIST
In March, interns from the Bridge to
Craft Careers' Landscape Restoration
Program, run in partnership through
Davey and Bronx-based Woodlawn
Cemetery & Conservancy, cleared 65
pounds of trash, put down ten yards
of mulch, pruned trees and removed
invasive plants at Randall's Island Park
in Manhattan.
WOODLAWN PARTNERSHIP INTERNS EXEMPLIFY DAVEY VALUES
"The professionalism and dedication
the student interns showed speaks to
what Davey stands for," Talisha Ward,
Woodlawn's program coordinator, said.
Woodlawn, a Davey client, reached
out to Davey about starting a grounds
maintenance school in 2020. Davey
and Woodlawn have since run the 10-
Students from the
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bridge to Craft Careers
Landscape Restoration
Program, a Davey
partnership, stand
alongside members of
the horticulture staff
from Randall's Island
Park Alliance in New
York City during their
volunteer experience
in March.
week Bridge to Craft Careers
school for 18-to-24-year-olds in New
York City annually.
"I can now go to any site and
complete work confidently," Steven
Alvarez, a horticulture intern in the
program, said.
Left: Mark Dobkin, artist,
(left) and Ryan Sigler
shake hands as Dobkin
receives the four logs
for his art project.
Right: Logs from
uprooted or damaged
trees after the hurricane
are cut into pieces for
artist Dobkin's "Waves
of Healing, Waves of
Grief" carvings.
STEWARDSHIP
Each piece will represent and be distributed to four cities
impacted by recent natural disasters.
"Davey encourages community bonding," Sigler said. "We
were able to go down into an area where we don't do a lot
of work and say, 'We have a huge amount of resources.
Let us help you.' That kind of community support doesn't
happen often with other companies."
