“He’s always stepping up to the plate for all these good causes,” said St. Louis.
Micah Welintukonis bought them for the farm to give away to veterans, those currently serving, first responders, and nurses. A veteran himself who was wounded in Afghanistan, Welintukonis says he has friends in the medical field and hears their stories about what this year has been like.
“How hard it hit them, it just struck home even more,” said Welintukonis.
But he wasn’t done giving. At nearby Brookside Garden Center in Tolland, he bought another 20 trees for the same purpose.
“It was nice to have someone giving things,” said Terry Spielman, who works at Brookside Garden Center.