Press Release Summary = 2004 NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE WANGARI MAATHAI
Press Release Body = Contact: Cindy McAsey Abilene, KS cindy@shaklee.net
Pleasanton, CA, (April 26, 2006) - On April 25 Shaklee Corporation welcomed 2004 Nobel Peace laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai to its corporate headquarters in Pleasanton for a special tree-planting ceremony celebrating the launch of Shaklee\'s global environmental initiative, \"A Million Trees. A Million Dreams.T\" Roger Barnett, Chairman and CEO of Shaklee, thanked Dr. Maathai for her groundbreaking work with the Green Belt Movement and for providing the inspiration for many other environmental campaigns. Barnett also presented Dr. Maathai with a check for $100,000 to plant one million trees in Kenya through the Green Belt Movement
\"This year is particularly important for Shaklee because we are celebrating our 50th anniversary, and in honor of our anniversary, we have launched our biggest global environmental campaign on Earth Day - \'A Million Trees. A Million Dreams,\'\" said Barnett. \"The Green Belt Movement shares Shaklee\'s model for promoting environmental sustainability. We would like to duplicate the efforts of the Green Belt Movement in the United States and Canada. I thank Dr. Wangari Maathai for being such an inspiration to the people of Kenya and to people around the world and for setting an example for social responsibility and environmental activism.\"
\"Planting a tree is one simple action that we each can take to help make our world a better and safer place. I thank Shaklee for taking this step to help improve our world and make the earth a safer place for all of us. I look forward to continue working together with Shaklee and supporting your efforts with \"A Million Trees. A Million Dreams,\" said Dr. Maathai.
On April 25 local Shaklee entrepreneur Cindy McAsey kicked off their local global environmental campaign to raise awareness of global warming, \"A Million Trees. A Million Dreams,\" with a tree planting event in Abilene, KS.
\"Working with other Shaklee entrepreneurs across the United States and Canada who also organized tree-planting events in their local communities, we can make a great contribution toward accomplishing Shaklee\'s goal of planting one million trees\", said Cindy McAsey www.barefootsuccess.net
About Shaklee Shaklee Corporation is the number one natural nutrition company in the United States and has an impressive 50-year history as a pioneer in healthy living and as a leader in health and environmental issues. Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee began the company\'s commitment to products that improve the health of people without harming the planet when he founded the company in 1956.
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