Story by Michael Strasser | Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs | 12.06.2024
Soldiers and family members gathered early outside The Peak on Dec. 6 to be among the first to select a free Christmas tree through the Trees for Troops program. More than 800 farm-grown trees were donated to Fort Drum through the Christmas Spirit Foundation’s annual program, with thousands more sent to over 90 military installations worldwide....
Story by Janecze Wright | Fort Hood Public Affairs Office | 12.14.2023
Lower enlisted service members and family members chose from more than 600 fresh Christmas trees courtesy of Trees for Troops and the Christmas Spirit Foundation....
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 12.04.2023
Fort McCoy military members were treated to 70 free Christmas trees Dec. 1 courtesy of the Trees for Troops effort as a FedEx truck delivered the trees to McCoy’s Community Center at the installation....
Story by Max Lonzanida | Naval Weapons Station Yorktown | 12.03.2023
NWS Yorktown and JEB Little Creek-Fort Story will once again take part in the Trees for Troops giveaway, with free fresh cut Christmas trees for servicemembers this Friday, December 8th....
Story by Jason Ragucci | Fort Bragg Garrison Public Affairs Office | 12.01.2023
Family of the Year winner, 1st Lt. Nasser Hassoun’s family, received the 300,000th Christmas tree from the Trees for Troops program at Smith Lake Recreation Area on December 1st....
Story by Michael Strasser | Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs | 12.01.2023
Soldiers and family members across the 10th Mountain Division (LI) were treated to free Christmas Trees outside The Peak on Dec. 1 during the first day of Trees for Troops. Five hundred Christmas Trees were donated to Fort Drum through the Spirit of Christmas Foundation....
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Gunther | New York National Guard | 11.28.2023
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – Ten Army National Guard Soldiers from New York’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion volunteered their time on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, to help send 131 Christmas trees from a Saratoga County tree farm to military families at bases in Virginia and Florida....
Story by Janecze Wright | Fort Hood Public Affairs Office | 12.09.2022
The smell of the holidays filled the air at Phantom Warrior Stadium as 729 live Christmas trees, provided by Trees for Troops, and delivered by FedEx Freight, waited to be taken home....
