Employees from Heavenly and Kirkwood mountain resorts spent a day working at Lakeview Commons.

Through Vail Resorts Echo Day on Sept. 8, 179 resort employees, friends and family members planted trees and shrubs, laid sod, installed park benches, picked up trash, and redistributed sand to even out the beach. Volunteers also conducted a neighborhood cleanup around the area.

Launched in August 2010, VR Echo Day is an annual, companywide volunteer day for Vail Resorts employees and their families. Focused on projects that are meaningful in the local communities where the company operates, VR Echo Day hosted seven events for employees and their family and friends last weekend.