The Trustees to Receive Donation from Planet Subaru of Hanover’s Annual Share the Love® Event on 4/15

WHO: Jeff Morrill, Owner and President of Planet Subaru of Hanover, and Ken Scanzio, District Manager for Subaru of New England to present oversized check for $20,733 to Trustees President and CEO Barbara Erickson, as recipient of Share the Love® event donation. Photo opportunities of check presentation will be available for press, and available post-event by request.

WHAT: Jeff Morrill, Owner and President of Planet Subaru of Hanover and a long-time member of The Trustees selected nonprofit as one of two hometown charities to benefit from its annual Share the Love event. The event was part of an annual, national campaign run by Subaru of America, Inc. for the past nine years designed to give back to charitable organizations. This year Planet Subaru chose to donate $250 for every new vehicle sold or leased from November 17, 2016 to January 3, 2017 to its customer's choice of two charities, The Trustees and Standish Humane Society. The $20,733 donation will support ongoing work to maintain and upgrade The Trustees’ trail system located throughout its 116 properties.

WHERE: Weir River Farm, 140 Turkey Hill Lane in Hingham, MA. Parking lot across from the yellow house.

WHEN: 11:00AM-12PM, Saturday, April 15. Program will include check presentation followed by a short guided tour of Weir River Farm led by General Manager Matt Slayton or a short guided hike of the farm, Turkey Hill and Whitney & Thayer Woods led by Trails Team Manager Brian Westrick. Over 30 Trustees volunteers will also be working at the farm helping with barnyard cleanup to prepare for the spring and summer season.

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The Trustees preserves and cares for some of Massachusetts’ most treasured natural, scenic, and historic sites for public use and enjoyment. Founded in 1891 and celebrating our 125th Anniversary from May 2016-2017, The Trustees is the first land preservation nonprofit of its kind in the world and the Commonwealth’s largest conservation and preservation organization. With a mission of protecting the irreplaceable for everyone, forever, The Trustees is dedicated to connecting more people to outdoor recreation, culture, agriculture, and healthy, active living using its 116 diverse properties, community spaces, and over 5,000 annual programs as a powerful and compelling platform. Located within minutes of every resident and visited by 1.75 million people in 2016, Trustees properties span more than 27,000 acres across the state – from working farms, landscaped and urban gardens, and community parks, to barrier beaches, forests, campgrounds, inns and historic sites, many of which are National Historic Landmarks and also free and open to all. The Trustees is also a worldwide model and active leader in land conservation, serving as the largest private holder of conservation restrictions of any entity overseeing the protection of over 20,000 acres from development and working with community’s partners to protect additional land, totally over 25,000 to date. The Trustees is founding partner of the Boston Public Market, the first all locally-sourced indoor market of its kind in the nation, serving as one of 40 vendors and as the educational programming partner for the Market’s demonstration KITCHEN. Funded by our nearly 125,000 members and supported by many