All the donated trees will head to Rock Island Arsenal Army Base outside Chicago and MacDill Air Force Base outside Tampa, where they will be distributed to military members.
As customers buy their own Christmas trees, they can also buy a tree for a military family in Spring House, Pennsylvania atIt's part of the Trees for Troops program, a tradition Paul Kenny and his family have had since 2006.
It's simple. Customers donate $25 and fill out a handwritten note. That note gets attached to a tree, which gets loaded up into a FedEx truck located on the tree lot. "I wanted to support our troops this year to give some Christmas cheer to families that fight for our nation and give us the freedom and liberty to live in America," said Pat Ferguson of North Wales.
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