More than 6,000 Publix associates across seven states volunteered this past week in 222 state parks and with other nonprofit organizations focused on environmental sustainability for the bi-annual Publix Serves Week.
Locally, a team of 50 volunteers from 10 Publix stores in the Chattanooga area cleaned, mulched, weeded, planted and painted the playground and campsites inside Harrison Bay State Park. The 1,200-acre park, which has about 40 miles of Chickamauga Lake shoreline, was originally developed as a Tennessee Valley Authority recreation area in the 1930s. The park continues to serve visitors with opportunities to camp, boat, fish, swim and more.
Nicole Maristany Krauss