The Trust for Public Land and FOX25 Seeking Nominations for Boston's Environmental Volunteers

Boston's Cox Conserves Heroes program to honor volunteers, donate $20,000 to local environmental nonprofits

BOSTON, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- FOX25, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today launched Boston's inaugural Cox Conserves Heroes program to honor local environmental volunteers. Nominations are being accepted now through July 22 at myfoxboston.com for volunteers in FOX25's viewership area who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces. Nominee activities must be performed on a volunteer basis and may not be part of an individual's paid job.

A total of $20,000 will be donated to local environmental nonprofits on behalf of the winner and finalists. A judging panel of civic and environmental leaders will select three finalists who will then compete to be named Boston's 2015 Cox Conserves Hero. The winner will be chosen through an online public vote, which will take place in late August.

Types of volunteer activities considered include:

• Advocacy, education and/or community outreach for parks and open space 
• Beautifying a public place, e.g. planting/ tending to a community garden
• Cleaning up/refurbishing a park or public place
• Creating a program that gets people to public places
• Donating and/or assisting in the acquisition of land for public use
• Helping to provide public access to a previously inaccessible place
• Volunteering at a local park
• Water conservation/protection-related projects

Boston's Cox Conserves Heroes program is sponsored locally by Warrendale Appliance.

The national Cox Conserves Heroes program was created in 2008 through a partnership between The Trust for Public Land and Cox Enterprises, the parent company of FOX25. The partnership stems from Cox Enterprises' national Cox Conserves sustainability program that focuses on reducing waste and energy consumption, conserving water and inspiring eco-friendly behavior.

Cox Conserves Heroes also takes place in Arizona, California, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Virginia. More than $500,000 has been donated to local nonprofits and nearly 150 volunteers have been honored through the Cox Conserves Heroes program.

For more information, visit CoxConservesHeroes.com or Facebook.

Social Media: #CoxConservesHeroes and #CoxConservesHero

About FOX25:
FOX25 is a part of Cox Media Group. Boston is ranked the No. 7 designated market area (DMA) and comprises more than 2.4 million households. Viewers in Boston and Manchester, NH can tune into WFXT-TV on Comcast Channel 25, DirecTV Channel 25 and Dish Channel 25.

About The Trust for Public Land: 
The Trust for Public Land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. Nearly ten million people live within a ten-minute walk of a Trust for Public Land park, garden, or natural area, and millions more visit these sites every year. Learn more at tpl.org.

About Cox Conserves:
Launched in 2007 by Chairman Jim Kennedy, Cox Conserves is Cox Enterprises' national sustainability program. Cox Conserves focuses on reducing waste and energy consumption, as well as conserving water. The program engages each of the company's major subsidiaries (Cox Communications, Cox Automotive and Cox Media Group) and encourages Cox Enterprises' 50,000 employees and their families to engage in eco-friendly practices.

The company's sustainability goals are to send zero waste to landfill by 2024 and become carbon and water neutral by 2044. The company also presents the Cox Conserves Sustainability Survey, a nationwide survey that examines sustainability opportunities and challenges for small and medium-sized businesses.

SOURCE FOX25

For further information: FOX25: Maggie Hennessey-Nees, 781-467-1474, Maggie.Hennessey-Nees@coxinc.com; The Trust for Public Land: Kristen Anderson, 415-495-4014, kristen.anderson@tpl.org; Cox Enterprises: Elizabeth Olmstead, 678-645-0762, elizabeth.olmstead@coxinc.com