Diversified Insurance Services Leads Spring Cleanup Effort at Sherman Park

For a second year in a row, Diversified Insurance Services of Waukesha will lead the Spring Clean Up effort at Sherman Park, 3000 North Sherman Boulevard, on Saturday, May 31, from 8:00am to noon.

According to Jim McCormack, Diversified's chairman and CEO, "Diversified's first effort, last year, to clean up the park was a way to ‘give back' to the community for our company's 25 years of success.  This was an easy call for us to do it again this year, based on the dramatic change to the park's appearance after the joint efforts of 120 volunteers, including Diversified's employees, family, friends and clients."

This year over 125 volunteers and associates from Diversified, the Sherman Park Community Association, Milwaukee Tennis and Education Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club located in the park, Milwaukee Fire Department, Milwaukee County Parks, and David J. Frank Landscape Contracting will be on hand to spearhead restoration and renewal projects.  Some of these projects include staining about 40 picnic tables, cleaning up the park and surrounding areas, placing wood chips around the park's trees and sand under the swings, spreading fibar on the playground, power washing the tennis and basketball courts, putting up a tent for the park's summer tennis program, replacing tennis and basketball nets, installing new windscreens on the courts and placing flowers in the park's circle drive and in the planters.  Diversified will underwrite the cost of most of the materials and will be providing food and refreshments for the volunteers.

As part of its corporate social responsibility program, Diversified also will be underwriting part of the cost of a full-time on-site activities director.

County Executive Scott Walker, County Parks Director Sue Black, and County Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr., and other elected officials from the area are invited to speak at the 8:00am kickoff.

Sue Black applauds McCormack and Diversified for organizing the manpower and providing the funds to help clean up Sherman Park.

"We hope other area corporations will explore such partnerships with us to help make our parks the best they can be," said Black.

About Diversified

Diversified Insurance Services is headquartered in Waukesha.  Diversified is one of Wisconsin's leading, full-service brokers, serving all of the employee benefits, risk management and business insurance needs of businesses.