American Plant is a family owned business with roots that run deep in the Washington community.

As a company we realize our tenure as an independent business is based on our relationship with the members of our community. As our sales are generated within the community, we feel it is our responsibility to give back to it by supporting our schools, civic groups and charities.

We accept requests for donations of goods and services, program or directory advertising and sponsorship, for special events or initiatives or for general support. While we are unable to support every request we receive, we try to be fair with an emphasis on selecting groups that serve and support our immediate region.

Light the Night Walk — As part of our ongoing support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (see right column), every year some of our staff forms a team of walkers in this fundraiser to raise awareness of blood cancers and fund research for their cures. We are proud to announce that we have raised over $30,000 in 2009! We invite our friends and neighbors join us in the Montgomery County walk, or sponsor one of our walkers through the purchase of Atlas Nitrile Touch garden gloves or a cut flower bouquet (a portion of which is donated to the LLS). Contact Ginny Collins if you are interested in walking with our team. (Go to website)

Organizations Supported in 2009

Empire State AIDS Ride (Valentine Garcia)
Audobon Naturalist Society
Acorn Hill Nursery School
Bannockburn Nursery School
Bethesda Center of Excellence
BCC Nursery School
Bethesda Cooperative Nursery School
Beth SHalom
Beverly Farms ES
Big Train Baseball
Birdie' Davis Water Safety Foundation
Blessed Sacrement School
Bradley Hills ES
Carderock Springs Volunteers of UNICEF
Carderock Springs ES
CCBC children's Center
Cedar Ln. Unitarian Church
Clara Barton Center for Children
Christ Child Society
Christ Episcopal School
Chinese Youth Club
Columbia Heights Gardening Club
Community Ministries of Rockville
Concord Hill School
Creative Learning Center
DASH (District Alliance for Safe Housing)
Family Health and Brith Center of DC
Forest Edge ES
Francis Scott Key ES
Friends of the National Zoo
Georgetown Presb. Church
Georgetown Univ. Medical Center
Glen Echo Fire Dept
Grace Episcopal School
Great Falls (VA) ES
Great Falls Woman's Club
Holton Arms School
Holton Arms School
Hospice Caring Inc
Kid's Corner Day Care Center
Lafayette ES
Langley High School
Little Falls Watershed Alliance
Little Flower School
Maret School
Montgomery Co. Humane Society
National Center for Children and Families
Montgomery Hospice
Murch School
National Cathedral ES (Beauvoir School)
National Child Research Center
National Presb. School
North Chevy Chase ES
Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area
Potomac Country House Tour
Potomac Home and Garden Club
Potomac United Methodist Church
Primary Day School
Project Laundry List
River Rd. Unitarian Church
The River School
Rock Spring Children's Center
School for Friends - Church of the Pilgrims
Sidwell Friends School
St. Barth. School
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
St Luke's Greek Orthodox Church
St. Luke's Church
St. Mark's Church
Suburban Hospital
Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Temple Sinai Nursery School
Village Green Day School
Walter Johnson HS
Washington International School
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Washington Performing Arts Society
Westbrook ES
Westland MS
Westmoreland Children's Center
Wood Acres ES
Woods Academy
Woodrow Wilson House

Of the many foundations, associations, charities and individual efforts, we are especially proud to support on an ongoing basis:

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – In addition to being a corporate Gold Sponsor of this group, our staff sponsors a team for the Light the Night Walk every year to raise awareness of blood cancers and fund research for their cures. We have also teamed with the Atlas Glove Company to donate a portion of the sales of Atlas Nitrile Touch gloves. (Go to website)

American Plant also supports many local schools, churches and associations in the community. It is our hope that a strong, unified community will support each other as we all continue to grow and prosper.