Long Island's Trees for Troops: Delivering Holiday Cheer to Overseas Military

A Special Delivery of Holiday Cheer

• 🎄 Trees for Troops is a mission on Long Island dedicated to sending Christmas trees to troops overseas.
• 💌 Dozens of Long Island school children participated by writing letters to soldiers, adding to the care packages.

Honoring Service and Sacrifice

• 🇺🇸 The event holds special meaning for families like the Sinskys, who lost their son, Lieutenant Dennis Sinsky II, in Iraq.
• 💔 Their memorial mission honors his memory by supporting the Trees for Troops program.
• 🤝 The program fosters a unique relationship where families provide names, and in return, trees are sent to those service members.

The Impact of a Simple Gesture

• 🌟 For deployed military personnel, receiving packages, letters, and especially Christmas trees provides an unbelievable emotional lift.
• 💬 Children's letters express gratitude for their service and acknowledge the difficulty of being away from family during the holidays.

Logistics and Reach of the Mission

• 📦 Over the past two decades, 14,000 Christmas trees have been transported from DE's nurseries.
• ✈️ These trees are shipped via DHL cargo planes to various overseas locations including Bahrain, Djibouti, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait.
• 🤝 The initiative is described as an 'it takes a village' effort, aiming to put a smile on somebody's face on the other side of the world.
• 🎅 The hope is for a Christmas Eve delivery, bringing a touch of home to the soldiers.