Posted by admin | Posted in News about Flowers | Posted on 14-12-2006
Christmas SPIRIT Foundation Delivers Holiday Cheer to Troops and Military Families .
Christmas Tree growers will donate more than 11,000 Christmas Trees to U.S. troops and their families this holiday season. The Trees for Troops Program, sponsored by the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation, kicked off on Nov. 14, 2006, with the collection of trees in Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Ind. These trees will be shipped overseas to Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East and sailors in the 5th fleet in the Gulf.
Additional Christmas Trees will be delivered to U.S. troops and their families at military bases across the United States. Those trees will be collected and delivered between November 27 and December 11.
Christmas Tree growers are donating most of the trees, though consumers can also join the effort by donating online. FedEx Corp. is donating the shipping for all of the trees – both those going to U.S. bases and overseas.
Source: www.christmastree.org