Trees for Troops Ends This Sunday

The holidays are especially tough on military families.

Customers can help support those families by participating in the collection at , now in its final days. Visit any one of Mahoney’s eight locations in eastern Massachusetts by Sunday, Dec. 4 to purchase a Trees for Troops tree for $24.50. Tree cards are available to write a special note of thanks or holiday wishes to the military family.

“Every year I’m amazed by the support of the local communities with this program,” says a cashier at Mahoney’s Garden Centers. “I will always remember a woman who wrote her note to a military family in tears. It was a moment that brought tears to my eyes as well.”

At the end of day Sunday, Dec. 4, Mahoney’s will collect all of the trees and notes, and prepare them for their journey. The Trees for Troops program, in coordination with FedEx, will deliver Mahoney’s trees, and thousands of others from all over the United States, to families on 52 military bases, worldwide.

“It’s a sense of knowing that someone else cares,” notes Lori DeVincentis Bruschi, Marketing Director for Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation at Fort Bragg Garrison in North Carolina.

“These men and women risk their lives for their country. The holidays are especially tough on the families, especially those left behind. This relieves some of the stress from the holidays,” adds Bruschi.

This year, Mahoney’s trees are headed up and down the east coast, including the Boston Coast Guard Station, the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, and Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

In addition, Mahoney’s will donate $5 to the Christmas SPIRIT foundation for every tree sold for the Trees for Troops collection.