Meet the Green Team: project44
project44 marks CPF’s first Green Team of the 2025 season!
June 3, 2025
Seward Park, 375 W Elm St
Trash Pickup & Tree Mulching
Has your organization volunteered with Chicago Parks Foundation prior to this year?
Yes - CPF makes volunteering and giving back super easy and fun. Seems like a no brainer!
How does your organization’s mission relate to the volunteer work you've done with Chicago Parks Foundation?
At project44, our mission is to make supply chains work - creating greater visibility, efficiency, and sustainability in the movement of goods across the globe. That same spirit of impact and responsibility extends into how we engage with our local communities.
Our recent park cleanup with the Chicago Parks Foundation reflects that mission in action:
Sustainability: Just as we aim to make supply chains more sustainable, we helped support urban green spaces that are vital to environmental health.
Efficiency & Visibility: We showed up to make a tangible, visible difference in our neighborhood — clearing debris and laying mulch to protect the trees and beautify a shared public space.
Responsibility & Leadership: Just like we own outcomes for our customers, we took ownership of our local impact — helping build a cleaner, safer park for all.
It’s a small but meaningful example of how we can apply our core values beyond our platform — building stronger communities while building a better world.
Highlights from Our Seward Park Cleanup:
Immediate Impact
Watching the transformation happen in real time — from scattered litter to clean pathways, and from dry tree beds to freshly mulched, healthy-looking spaces — was incredibly rewarding. You could feel the difference we were making.Team Connection
The morning brought out a different kind of energy — people chatting while picking up trash, laughing over wheelbarrow teamwork, and getting to know colleagues they don’t usually work with. It was a great way to connect outside the usual office setting.Community Gratitude
Several neighborhood park-goers stopped to say thank you and express how much they appreciated the effort. It was a reminder that even a few hours of volunteer work can ripple out in meaningful ways.Triana and Sonia’s Leadership
Our Chicago Parks Foundation hosts were passionate, informative, and genuinely grateful. They shared how volunteer efforts like ours contribute to long-term park sustainability and free up resources for other community initiatives.
“It’s a small but meaningful example of how we can apply our core values beyond our platform — building stronger communities while building a better world.”
Why this volunteer event mattered to us:
As a company rooted in efficiency, sustainability, and impact, partnering with Chicago Parks Foundation for a park cleanup was a natural extension of our values. We’re proud to support initiatives that protect urban green spaces, promote environmental health, and strengthen the neighborhoods around us.
A note on community engagement:
This event was part of project44’s broader commitment to giving back through hands-on, local volunteer opportunities. We believe that building stronger communities is just as important as building smarter supply chains.
Thanks for joining us once again, project44!
YOU CAN PITCH IN, TOO!
Thanks to the generous support of our Green Teams, the Chicago Parks Foundation equips thousands of volunteers with free supplies for our Pitch In for the Parks citywide program.
Our Green Teams calendar is filling up for the 2025 season - reach out today to schedule your event, or join our alternative Pitch In for the Parks effort!
You can also join us with a gift or become a Chicago Parks Foundation Member! Your support helps make vital park programming like Pitch In for the Parks possible. When you invest in the parks, you invest in the communities who love and depend on them.