FedEx and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation Celebrate 15 Years of Delivering Cheer to Military Families
November 14 2019 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
When you need to deliver more than 17,000 farm-grown Christmas
trees to military families across the country and abroad during the
holiday season, who do you call? The Christmas SPIRIT Foundation
has tapped FedEx for the 15th year to deliver joy and a sense of
normalcy to military families through the Trees for Troops program.
This year, FedEx Freight will help deliver Christmas trees to more
than 75 domestic and international U.S. military bases.
“Trees for Troops is a joint effort that is made possible by our
team members and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation,” said John Smith,
president and CEO of FedEx Freight. “We are proud to celebrate the
holidays with these military families and lend our superior network
and operations expertise to a great cause.”
Delivering Trees at Home and Abroad
Trees for Troops kicks off Nov. 19 in Thorntown, Indiana. At the
kick-off event, FedEx volunteers will prepare 200 Christmas trees
for shipment to service members stationed overseas. The Christmas
trees, donated by members of the Indiana Christmas Tree Growers
Association, will be delivered by FedEx Express to service members
stationed in Guam, Afghanistan and Alaska.
Once the international shipment has taken flight, FedEx Freight
will hit the road with an additional 17,000 fresh-cut Christmas
trees. To date, FedEx has helped deliver more than 225,000
Christmas trees since the program launched in 2004.
Help Spread the Spirit
Share your greeting and best holiday wishes through the FedEx
Tag-a-Tree campaign. Tweet a message to @fedex using the hashtag
#TreesforTroops through Nov. 22. Every tree is tagged with a
message, adding a personal touch to each delivery.
You can also support Trees for Troops by donating to the program
and/or purchasing fresh trees at dozens of Christmas tree retail
locations during Trees for Troops weekend, Dec. 6 – Dec. 8. Donated
trees will be added to the program’s planned deliveries to U.S.
bases in 2019. More information on how to get involved can be found
at www.treesfortroops.org.
FedEx is involved with the Trees for Troops program as part of
FedEx Cares, the company’s community investment initiative. For
more information on FedEx’s journey to positively impact 50 million
people around the world by the company’s 50th anniversary in 2023,
check out fedexcares.com.
About FedEx Freight
Since 2001, connecting customers with opportunity has motivated
the people of FedEx Freight, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:
FDX) and a leading provider of LTL freight services. We
revolutionized the LTL industry with the priority and economy
model, and we offer our customers both fast-transit delivery of
time-sensitive freight (FedEx Freight Priority has the fastest
published transit times of any nationwide LTL service) or
cost-effective delivery when they can trade time for savings.
Through more than 370 service centers and 25,000 motorized
vehicles, FedEx Freight moves more than 115,000 LTL shipments each
day throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. With a steadfast focus
on Safety Above All, our 45,000 team members are driven to innovate
for our customers and give back to the communities where we live
and work. To learn more, please visit about.fedex.com.
Corporate Overview
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $70 billion, the company
offers integrated business solutions through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 450,000
team members to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and
professional standards and the needs of their customers and
communities. To learn more about how FedEx connects people and
possibilities around the world, please visit about.fedex.com.
About the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation and Trees for
Troops
The Christmas SPIRIT Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
charitable organization that works to recognize and support the
true spirit of Christmas for U.S. troops through the Trees for
Troops® program. The foundation was established in 2005 and is
among fewer than five percent of U.S. charities to be awarded the
“Best in America” seal of excellence by Independent Charities of
America. To learn more, visit
https://christmasspiritfoundation.com/.
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