If the smell of fresh pine and glowing lights from those green boughs get you in the holiday spirit, you might be looking for a fresh Christmas Tree this holiday season. The cost might be a limiting factor while you try to stay within the budget for an already expensive month. As military families, there is an organization developed to specifically deliver holiday cheer with free fresh trees to military families – Trees for Troops.
About Trees for Troops
Trees for Troops, a program of Christmas SPIRIT, has been around for 16 years. In 2005, FedEx partnered with Christmas SPIRIT with the goal of bringing Christmas Trees specifically to military families. Since 2005, 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!
The organization works with Christmas tree retail outlets that commit to collecting donating trees. This year there are 55 locations that have committed
How to Get a Tree
All donated trees will be picked up on December 6th 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.
All branches of the Armed Forces are represented in donation sites.
The following Air Force Bases will be receiving donations:
- Little Rock AFB
- Edwards AFB
- Travis AFB
- JB Anacostia Bolling
- MacDill AFB
- Robins AFB
- Dobbins ARB
- Minneapolis Air Force Reserve Base
- Whiteman AFB
- Niagara Falls ARS
- Altus AFB
- Shaw AFB
- Ellsworth AFB
- JBSA Lackland
- Hill AFB
- Francis E. Warren AFB
The following Army Bases will be receiving donations:
- Fort Rucker
- Fort Huachuca
- U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
- Fort Hunter Liggett
- Fort Irwin
- Fort Carson
- Fort Benning
- Fort Gordon
- Fort Stewart – Hunter Army Air Field
- Rock Island Arsenal
- Fort Riley
- Fort Campbell
- Fort Knox
- Fort Polk
- Fort Leonard Wood
- Fort Bragg
- West Point
- Fort Drum
- Fort Sill
- Fort Bliss
- Fort Hood
- JB Lewis-McChord
- Fort McCoy
The following Marine Corps Bases will be receiving donations:
- MCAS YUMA
- MCAGCC Twentynine Palms
- MCLB – Barstow
- Camp Pendleton
- MCAS Miramar
- MCRD San Diego
- Camp Lejeune – New River
- MCAS Cherry Point
- MCB Quantico
The following Navy Bases will be receiving donations:
- Naval Submarine Base New London
- NSA Panama City
- NAS Jacksonville
- NAS Key West
- NOTU Cape Canaveral
- NAS Mayport
- NAS Whiting Field
- NAS Pensacola
- Naval Station Great Lakes
- NAS JRB New Orleans
- NAS Meridian
- NCBC Gulfport
- Naval Weapons Station Earle
- NSA Mid-South
- NAS Corpus Christi / Kingsville
- NASJRB Fort Worth
- JEB Fort Story
- NS Everett
The following Coast Guard Bases will be receiving donations:
- USCG Base Los Angeles Long Beach
- USCG TRACEN Petaluma
- Sector Humboldt Bay
- NSB Kings Bay
- PPC Topeka
- Base Cape Cod
- Sector Buffalo
- Sector North Bend
- SAS Corpus Christi
- USCG Base Portsmouth
- Base Seattle
Donate A Tree
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 Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, you can also visit these retail outlets to buy a tree and donate it if you visit before December 6th.
