In conjunction with its year-long Make A Statement, Plant A Tree campaign, WaMu will make a donation to the Foundation to plant a tree in a national forest for every customer who chooses to receive their account statements online rather than being mailed a paper statement.

WaMu customers can log into their accounts online and choose to receive their statements online. If they do so during the year-long campaign, not only will they be saving paper used in producing their statements, they will also be helping plant a tree in one of our nation's forests.

"The Make A Statement, Plant A Tree campaign reinforces WaMu's commitment to earth-friendly initiatives," said Kerry Killinger, WaMu's chairman and CEO. "This campaign is a great opportunity for our customers to join us in reducing paper waste and replenishing our planet's natural resources."

WaMu hopes to plant 1,000,000 trees in conjunction with this community partnership.

"The potential positive impact to the environment of WaMu's campaign is immense," said John Rosenow, president of The National Arbor Day Foundation. "By eliminating the use of paper and planting new trees, WaMu is addressing two issues simultaneously and will help restore our nation's forests for future generations to enjoy."

Last year was the worst forest fire season on record, burning more than 9.6 million acres of land and creating a need for planting millions of trees in national forests around the country.