marvin, he will us a little bit what fedex does? fedex freight and fedex collaborated with the christmas spirit foundation 12 years ago, and that collaboration produced trees for troops organization. the goal for trees for troops and fedex is to deliver christmas is to deliver trees to family members in united states and overseas. we delivered 11,000 real christmas trees to our. jenna: there could be real live christmas trees for military families and it s a real neat idea. marvin you served our country more than 30 years. you ve been he deployed multiple times. talk to us a little bit what this means for the military to receive these live trees. well, to receive the tree while overseas, it s just a tremendous experience because it
first round of what they say will be many charitable donations. the putnam family trusts are giving to veterans that returned from overseas and split a 254 million dollars jackpot and hope their donations will set an example for future lottery winners. wow. well, a bit more christmas spirit to share with you now for the nation s troops and families. the christmas tree farm in new jersey donating trees to military bases around the nation and overseas and they re participating in the trees for troops program. julie banderas has more. reporter: harris, trees for troops is kicking off the 7th year delivering fresh farm grown troops to military families here in the united states and overseas, all made possible be by fed ex, the christmas spirit foundation and tree farmers like care and christmas tree farm in new
one of the 60 military bases here. i want to show you you video of the trees and the generosity that a lot of these military families certainly appreciate. together with the christmas spirit foundation tree farmers are donating these trees to service members stationed overseas and the christmas tree farm and christmas shop is donating some up to 200 trees for the second year in a row. they have been providing holiday trees and trimmings now for 22 years. debra phillips actually is with fed eck. if you want to come over to talk to us about this and fed ex is is amazing because you guys are traveling hundreds of thousands of miles and hoping to deliver 17,000 trees this year. yes, typically we will deliver 17,000 trees a year all across the country to upwards of 60 military bases and we partner with folks like the tree farmers who generously donate trees. we will do pickups here and
united states. julie banderas is live in allentown, new jersey with more. it is seventh year that trees for troops are taking part in this program, thanks to many donations, the public, fedex of course taking part in this and local tree farms all over the country. what a great cause. we have video of what goes into this nationwide effort where local farms like the one i m here at in allentown, new jersey, fedex the christmas spirit foundation, this farm is a 22-year-old family owned business. this year they pledge 200 trees, which is equal to two full fedex trailers. they are expected to top 100,000 trees delivered since the program began in 2005. more than 800 tree farms, 29