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So many accounts of the green industry giving back come into LC/DBM that we couldn't wait until December to share some with you. 
In October and November, Triple S Products, which makes and sells skid steer attachments, compact tractor attachments, fence installation tools and several other items, will donate five percent of all gross sales to the Knights of Heroes Foundation, a charity that brings children who have lost a parent in combat service to a wilderness adventure camp free of charge. www.triplesproducts.com www.knightsofheroes.org 
More than 2,000 runners, riders and spectators got down and dirty at JCB's third annual Mud Run and first-ever Dig the Ride cycling event at the company's North American Headquarters in Savannah, Ga. Proceeds, which amounted to over $100,000, will benefit The Lady Bamford Center for Early Childhood Development. 
Once again this year, as they have every year since 1995, volunteers from the Sports Managers Association donated their time - 16 to 20 hours a day - and services to help prepare and maintain the fields at the Little League World Series. 
The Military Times recently named The Grounds Guys number eight on its Best for Vets: Franchises 2014-15 list, which evaluates financial incentives, brand performance and policies that cater to veterans and reservists. 
Since buying a shuttered plant in Auburn, Neb., a town of 3,400, Ariens has not only restored employment at the plant to about the historical peak level, they have contributed to the area in other ways including manufacturing and donating equipment for two disc golf courses and pledging $25,000 to complete the Nature Explore Classroom being built near the town square. 
More than $200,000 in donations and pledges by horticultural industry professionals was collected at the Horticulture Research Institute's second of twice-yearly donor receptions.
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