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New York National Guardsmen Help Get Holiday Trees to Troops
December 3, 2024
New York Army National Guard Spc. Matt Clark lifts a donated Christmas tree from retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bob Van Pelt during the annual Trees for Troops loadout at Ellms Tree Farm in Ballston Spa, New York, Dec. 2, 2024. Tree farmers from New York’s capital and Saratoga regions donated 125 trees to be sent to military bases for the holidays.

Guard members help spread socially distant holiday cheer
December 1, 2020
Volunteers pass a tree up to FedEx driver Don Pelletier during the Trees for Troops loadout on Nov. 30, 2020, at Ellms Tree Farm in Ballston Spa, N.Y. More than 20 volunteers from the New York Army and Air National Guard joined with Capital District area veterans to help load about 125 Christmas trees being donated and sent to military bases around the country to support troops and military families this holiday season.