In the days leading up to Veteran’s Day each year, veterans
are invited select Christmas trees from the tree farm to cut for the
Operation Evergreen program. Elementary students, high school students and
community groups also participate by making ornaments.This year groups from Bluffton, Cory-Rawson, Hardin Northern, and Tiffin participated. The Lima Beane Chorus also stopped by to perform a some religious and patriotic songs.
The trees and ornaments
then go from the farms to the Ohio Department of Agriculture where they are
inspected and shipped to U.S. troops stationed overseas.
This year’s Operation Evergreen tree inspection and loading
event is at the Ohio Department of Agriculture on Nov. 13. Operation
Evergreen is possible thanks to $16,000 in donations to cover the shipping cost
of the program.
For more on Operation Evergreen, contact Amy Galehouse at
Galehouse Tree Farms at 330-658-2480 or galehousetreefarms@bright.net
or the OCTA office at 740-828-3331 or val@ohiochristmastree.com.
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