Giving Back

Trees for Troops (Operation Evergreen) Effort Continued in 2009


For more information about this program, please visit the Christmas Spirit Foundation Web site.

 Help Bring Holiday Cheer to Local Military Families

The Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm is preparing for the upcoming holiday season. For years we have been participating in several programs to help bring holiday cheer to our military families locally, throughout country and around the world. We would like to increase the awareness in our community this year of different activities since so many of our past customers have asked how they can help. More pressure has been put on military families since the wars have escalated and their loved ones have to extend their stay overseas, or have had multiple deployments.

Operation Evergreen is a program that was developed by the Ohio Christmas Tree Association in 1995. Since that time we’ve been collecting ornaments, garland and trees to be shipped overseas to United States military bases. The 2009 campaign begins on October 16th and ends on November 6th. School, businesses and other organizations can become collection sites for new or gently used ornaments, garland and tree stands. Items collected can also be dropped off at the Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm on November 7th. Our sorting and packaging date will be Saturday, November 7th starting at 9am at The Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm.

For more information, please contact Julie Wiley at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

On November 9th, these items will be shipped to Reynoldsburg, Ohio, where they will be sorted and placed in shipping boxes with the trees and sent overseas on November 12th. The trees sent overseas will be going to Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq and Southwest Asia.

Trees for Troops is a joint program we are participating in with the National Christmas Tree Association and Fed Ex (Fed Ex provides free shipping of all trees). The official weekend for Trees for Troops will be held Friday, December 4th – Sunday, December 6th. A Fed Ex trailer will be on-site at the Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm where we will be donating 100 trees to be shipped to military bases throughout the country. We will also be giving the community an opportunity to purchase additional trees for $50 per tree. We will also be contributing $5 from each tree purchase to the Christmas Tree Spirit Foundation to help them promote their activities.

You can purchase a tree by sending a check to: Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm, 3949 Sunforest Court, Ste. 101, Toledo, OH 43623. The trees that are collected for this program will be picked up by Federal Express on Monday, December 7th to be transported to military families stationed at bases throughout the United States. Nationwide, the goal of this program is to deliver 15,000 trees. To date, over 50,000 trees have been delivered throughout the country. Please visit www.treesfortroops.com for more details.

The military have access to e-mail, so if you would like to write a note and give them your e-mail address, I am confident you will get some responses. When you do, we wish that you would please forward them on to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm will donate 50 free 7’ trees to military families who currently have a family member deployed overseas. 50 free 7’ trees will also be given to military families whose family member has returned home in 2009. Deployment Papers and Discharge Papers are required.


If you have questions, please call Duke at (419) 350-9640.

Thank you,

Duke & Martha Wheeler

 
     
     


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