Celebrate Earth Month With AAA

AAA Northeast is celebrating Earth Month throughout April with volunteer projects designed to bring members, employees and community groups together to help beautify the environment.

If you’re looking to make a difference in your neighborhood, join AAA branch teams as they spruce up parks, beaches and more. Cleanup events are happening monthlong across the Northeast.

Typically, employees show up in force, but AAA branches are trying to get more members involved, explained Thomas Ryan, Rhode Island district branch manager and co-chairman of the Branch Operations Member Engagement Committee.

“Earth Month is our biggest member engagement program of the year,” Ryan said.

In 2024, AAA Northeast successfully hosted 22 Earth Month events across the region, with a notable 64% member participation rate. Among the highlights was a Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful day in Smithfield, R.I., which drew 31 volunteers, including 21 employees.

Other club and joint community-club cleanups included:

Collecting trash from the Farmington Canal in Hamden, Conn., which drew 19 member volunteers.
A Save The Bay event at Squantum Point in Quincy, Mass. A total of 25 people, including 18 members and an enthusiastic group of Girl Scouts from Swansea, Mass., turned out to help clean.
Three Earth Day weekend events in Massachusetts, which brought in around 13 member volunteers each, despite the rain.

“Besides cleaning up our community, the most rewarding part is creating relationships with members,” said Maggie McMenemy, a branch manager in Webster, Mass., and co-chairman of the Member Engagement Committee.

“It’s a great opportunity to get involved in the community, do something with your family and learn more about community organizations,” Ryan added.