FedEx volunteers spruce up Wolf River Greenway’s newest section
FedEx volunteers Neal Edwards (left) and Chelsea Mullen make a plan for tree planting with Jim Gafford (center) from the Wolf River Conservancy as groups of volunteers help spruce up a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Keith Cole, executive director of the Wolf River Conservancy, talks with a crowd of FedEx volunteers before they start to work cleaning up a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019, in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
A FedEx tent is reflected in one of the nearby ponds as volunteers from FedEx work with Clean Memphis and the Wolf River Conservancy to help clean up a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019, in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Volunteer Jes Crownover with FedEx plants native flowers in a field along a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019, in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The Wolf River Conservancy's Jim Gafford (center) takes employees from FedEx out to plant trees as groups of volunteers help spruce up a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019, in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Ronnie Humphrey (right) with the Memphis parks department gets a high five from the Wolf River Conservancy's Nick Wigins as groups of volunteers help spruce up a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019 in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Ryan Hall with the Wolf River Conservancy (right) instructs FedEx volunteers on how to plant trees to help spruce up a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019, in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
FedEx volunteer Chelsea Mullen plants trees near the bike path as groups of volunteers help spruce up a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019 in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Volunteers from FedEx install bat boxes during an effort to put finishing touches on a new section of the Wolf River Greenway in Raleigh on April 24, 2019, in preparation for a grand opening Saturday. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
About 100 volunteers from FedEx Corp.'s Memphis home base turned out Wednesday to plant trees and tidy up the Wolf River Conservancy's newest section of Wolf River Greenway.
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Epping Way FedEx grand opening National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Wolf River GreenwayWayne Risher
Business news reporter, 43-year veteran of print journalism, 35-year resident of Memphis, University of Georgia alumnus and proud father and spouse of University of Memphis graduates.
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