The holiday season, whether you are ready or not, is coming. If you are looking for a fresh Christmas tree to get you in the holiday mood, look no further than the Trees for Troops program. Trees for Troops is the organization developed to specifically deliver holiday cheer with free fresh trees to military families. Cost is a limiting factor for some looking for a fresh tree, and the program’s goal is to give as many military members as possible a tree for the holiday season.
About Trees for Troops
Trees for Troops, a program of Christmas SPIRIT, has been about 20 years. In 2005, FedEx partnered with Christmas SPIRIT with the goal of bringing Christmas Trees specifically to military families, with 277,001 trees over the last 17 years. Since that time, 262,265 farm-grown Christmas Trees have been delivered to military families across the United States and overseas! FedEx assists in delivering these trees to over 70 military bases around the world!
How to Get a Tree
All donated trees will be picked up in early December and delivered to military bases over the following 2 weeks. To see if your base is getting a delivery, check this link for a map or check the list below. If you are located at or near one of the bases, make sure to follow their social media pages to find out when the giveaway will be done. Each base operates its giveaways differently, so do not expect each base to have the same timing or order.
All branches of the Armed Forces are represented in donation sites.
The following Air Force Bases will be receiving donations:
- Davis-Monthan AFB – AZ
- Luke AFB – AZ
- March ARB – CA
- Homestead ARB – FL
- MacDill AFB – FL
- Scott AFB – IL
- Seymour Johnson AFB – NC
- Cannon AFB – NM
- Holloman AFB – NM
- Kirtland AFB – NM
- Nellis AFB – NV
- JB Charleston – SC
- Goodfellow AFB – TX
- JBSA Sam Houston – TX
- JB Langely-Eustis – VA
- Fairchild AFB – WA
The following Army Bases will be receiving donations:
- Fort Rucker – AL
- Fort Huachuca – AZ
- U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground – AZ
- Fort Hunter Liggett – CA
- Fort Irwin – CA
- Fort Carson – CO
- Fort Benning – GA
- Fort Gordon – GA
- Fort Stewart – GA
- Hunter Army Air Field – GA
- Rock Island Arsenal – IL
- Fort Leavenworth – KS
- Fort Riley – KS
- Fort Campbell – KY
- Fort Knox – KY
- Fort Polk – LA
- Fort Leonard Wood – MO
- Fort Bragg – NC
- West Point – NY
- Fort Drum – NY
- Fort Sill – OK
- Fort Bliss – TX
- Fort Hood – TX
- JB Lewis-McChord – WA
- Fort McCoy – WI
The following Marine Corps Bases will be receiving donations:
- MCAS YUMA – AZ
- MCAGCC Twentynine Palms – CA
- MCLB – Barstow – CA
- Camp Pendleton – CA
- MCAS Miramar – CA
- MCRD San Diego – CA
- Camp Lejeune – New River – NC
- MCAS Cherry Point – NC
- MCB Quantico – VA
The following Navy Bases will be receiving donations:
- NAS Lemoore – CA
- NAWS China Lake – CA
- Naval Base Ventura County – CA
- Naval Submarine Base New London – CT
- NAS Jacksonville – FL
- NS Mayport – FL
- NOTU Cape Canaveral – FL
- NAS Pensacola – FL
- NAS Whiting Field – FL
- NAS Key West – FL
- NSA Panama City – FL
- Naval Station Great Lakes – IL
- NAS JRB New Orleans – LA
- NAS Meridian – MS
- NCBC Gulfport – MS
- Naval Weapons Station Earle – NJ
- NSA Mid-South – TN
- NAS Corpus Christi – TX
- NAS Kingsville – TX
- NASJRB Fort Worth – TX
- JEB Little Creek-Fort Story – VA
- NWS Yorktown – VA
- NB Kitsap-Bangor – WA
The following Coast Guard Bases will be receiving donations:
- Sector San Francisco – CA
- Sector Jacksonville – FL
- Pay and Personnel Center – KS
- Sector New Orleans – LA
- Sector Detroit – MI
- Sector North Carolina – NC
- Sector New York – NY
- Sector Columbia River – OR
- Station Houston – TX
- USCG Base Portsmouth – VA
- BBK Bangor – WA
Support Through Donations
The Christmas Spirit Foundation is able to provide Christmas Trees for military families thanks to donations. Donations can be done online and off here. You can also select the Christmas Spirit Foundation as the organization you want to donate to through Amazon Smile. Through the Amazon Smile program, Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of what you purchase to the organization.
If you are living in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, New Jersey or Illinois, you can purchase a tree to be donated by visiting select locations listed here.
Paula Lawrence says
When will the trees be at camp lejeune nc
dianne hebert says
does this work for retirees too?
Arin Lamm says
I was wondering the same
Rachel Sabodski says
I wish you guys had this program in Utah! We can’t afford a tree this year. My husband’s been Army National Guard for 25 years in Utah.