Local residents can ring in the New Year with 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January 2019.
By becoming a part of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, new members will receive 10 free flowering trees or five crapemyrtles. The flowering trees include: two Sargent crabapples, three American redbuds, two Washington hawthorns and three white flowering dogwoods.
“These stunning trees will beautify your home with lovely flowers of pink, yellow and white colors,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “These trees are perfect for large and small spaces.”
The free trees are part of the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.
The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting, between February 1 and May 31, with enclosed planting instructions. The 6- to 12-inch tall trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge.
Members will also receive a subscription to the Foundation’s bimonthly publication, Arbor Day, and The Tree Book, which includes information about tree planting and care.
To become a member of the Foundation and to receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution by January 31, 2019 to:
Ten Flowering Trees
Arbor Day Foundation
100 Arbor Avenue
Nebraska City, NE 68410
Local residents can also join online at arborday.org/January.
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release for the new, exclusive J.D. Power Website Certification Program designed to highlight the commitment and dedication of select brands that provide their customers with an online experience that reflects what today’s consumers want.
As the first qualification criterion, brands must rank among top performers in the most recent J.D. Power North America Website Satisfaction Index. Benchmark rankings are based on overall customer satisfaction with the website experience for 1,069 brands across seven industries.
In addition, qualifying brands must pass a rigorous evaluation of more than 500 online experience and operational best practices conducted by J.D. Power in collaboration with Centric Digital. The 500-plus best practices are a subset of Centric Digital’s DIMENSIONS, a classification system comprised of more than 3,000 digital best practices called “classifiers” and used by industry leaders to benchmark digital performance. These online best practices include, but are not limited to, navigation design; usability; on-site search; product development practices; user interface design; and digital process and governance.
Bank of America is the first organization to achieve J.D. Power Website Certification, and David Tyrie, Head of Advanced Solutions and Digital Banking at BOA says:
“With 36 million digital clients, we strive to provide the best user experience no matter how they choose to do their banking...Our clients are at the center of everything we do, and we couldn’t be more proud to be the first to receive this prestigious J.D. Power certification for anticipating client needs and driving innovation.”
Note that BOA was also the first to achieve certification (also powered by Centric Digital) for its mobile app last year.
This is one of many initiatives J.D. Power has undertaken with Centric Digital in order to identify key trends in this space and to recognize which firms are doing digital right.
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