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 Operation Christmas Tree A year after James Ward, a laid-off truck driver from Westminster, MD, started Operation Christmas Tree the project has grown into a national effort and shipped 5,000 potted trees this holiday season. James started Operation Christmas Tree in 2006 to cheer up his deployed stepdaughter and her unit in Iraq. Local businesses, and the Armed Forces Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit helping the families of deployed troops, contributed $80,000. The troops’ family members paid the remaining costs.  Operation Christmas Tree started after our daughter was deployed to Iraq. The idea was born after we decided to send a 'bit of home' during the holiday season which consisted of one standard size Christmas tree. Unfortunately we faced the issue of how to ship it. After deliberating we came up with the idea of shipping two foot tall trees to as many service members in Iraq and Afghanistan, including our daughter. This was a major success among those that received the trees and because of this we have decided to make Operation Christmas Tree a yearly project until our troops are home.
(msnbc.msn)References: operationchristmastree, msnbc.msn Comment: on 5,000 Trees to Deployed Troops |
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