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Thank you to all the great Gardner\u2019s Spot Customers that contributed to our Trees for Troops program while buying there Christmas items. And a special thanks\u00a0to the US Military men and women that choose to \u201cpay it forward\u201d so another fellow soldier could get their tree at no charge!! We finished the year giving 549<\/strong> trees out to these deserving men and women thanks to the generosity of our community!<\/span><\/p>\n We had the Lt Governor Karyl Polito, Massachusetts secretary of Veterans Services, Francisco Urena, along with our Rep Stephan Hay, Senator Dean Tran, and Fitchburg Mayor Stephan DiNatale all in attendance.<\/p>\n We provided over 60 trees with the assistance of the Bruins Foundation and our year end total was 549<\/strong> trees provided at no charge to our US Military men, women and families.<\/p>\n Saturday, Dec. 1 was by far the busiest single day Trees for Soldiers has had in the eight years we have been doing it at The Gardener\u2019s Spot. At one point the cars were three deep and cars were waiting to come in.<\/p>\n Read more….\u00a0https:\/\/www.leominsterchamp.com\/news\/20181217\/boy-scout-troop-provides-help-to-christmas-tree-drive<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][dmg_masonry_gallery _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” gallery=”2627,2632,2631,2630,2629,2628,2626,2625,2624,2623,2622,2621,2620,2619,2618,2617,2616,2615,2614,2613,2612″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/dmg_masonry_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Boy Scout Post 151 has proven once again to be an invaluable asset to the City of Leominster. They have teamed up with Operation Service again to make another memorable day for many.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/operationservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/scouts-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”scouts” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ show_in_lightbox=”on” box_shadow_style=”preset3″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/W-I2UBW4qNI” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Our channel 7 spot taken at the Gardeners Spot early in our 2018 campaign: thanks going out to 7 news, Richard Voutour<\/a> and the veterans that took a few minutes out of their day to help spread the word about what we do.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thank you to all the great Gardner\u2019s Spot Customers that contributed to our Trees for Troops program while buying there Christmas items. 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We finished the year giving 549<\/strong> trees out to these deserving men and women thanks to the generosity of our community!<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe had the Lt Governor Karyl Polito, Massachusetts secretary of Veterans Services, Francisco Urena, along with our Rep Stephan Hay, Senator Dean Tran, and Fitchburg Mayor Stephan DiNatale all in attendance.\r\n\r\nWe provided over 60 trees with the assistance of the Bruins Foundation and our year end total was 549<\/strong> trees provided at no charge to our US Military men, women and families.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=\"image_grid\" images=\"2612,2613,2614,2615,2616,2617,2618,2619,2620,2621,2622,2623,2624,2625,2626,2627,2628,2629,2630,2631,2632\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1545347835288{padding-top: 100px !important;}\"]Our channel 7 spot taken at the Gardeners Spot early in our 2018 campaign: thanks going out to 7 news,\u00a0Richard Voutour<\/a>\u00a0and the veterans that took a few minutes out of their day to help spread the word about what we do.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_video link=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W-I2UBW4qNI\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\".vc_custom_1545347899082{padding-top: 25px !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_single_image image=\"2607\" img_size=\"large\"][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1545348564996{padding-top: 50px !important;}\"]Boy Scout Post 151 has proven once again to be an invaluable asset to the City of Leominster. 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