Bangalore :Herbalife, a global nutrition company organized ‘sapling plantation drive’ with their employees, Independent distributors and children from Smile Foundation* to commemorate World Environment Day. The drive was initiated across five major cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai.

Nearly 100 children from Smile Foundation based in each city participated in this pan India exercise. Altogether, 1500 saplings have been planted and distributed across the five cities.  In Bangalore alone, around 300 Herbalife employees and Independent distributors have participated in this initiative. Together with the children, they planted 50 saplings at the Brigade road junction and distributed around 200 saplings.

Commenting on this occasion, Ajay Khanna, Country Manager of Herbalife India said, “We at Herbalife believe in giving back to the community and contributing towards the betterment of our society and environment. I am glad that our endeavor was supported by Smile Foundation children, our employees and distributors across cities. With the participation of the children we are trying to encourage and spread awareness among the youth to save our planet Earth. Together I am certain that we have been able to make a small difference to our environment.”

*Smile Foundation is also the partner organization of the Casa Herbalife program, the flagship program of Herbalife Family Foundation to provide nutritional support to vulnerable children who are in need of healthy nutrition for both physical and cognitive developments.

Source :   ACN Newswire