You are invited...to host...the 6th annual... OUR HEROES' TREE Our Heroes' Tree honors our nation's Veterans; Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve families; and deceased U.S. service members.
Click on the documents on the right to begin planning your event. Scroll around this webpage to read about others' creativity with Our Heroes' Tree.
CONGRATULATIONS RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR AND MRS. CARCIERI and General and Mrs. Bray, Rhode Island National Guard The 3rd annual State House OUR HEROES' TREE lighting on Friday, December 4, 2009, was a grand success. Pictures to come shortly of Our Heroes' Tree and some of the ornaments!
Our Heroes' Tree is now on Facebook!
Reflect: Share your ideas and help plant seeds of creativity.
Remember: Upload a picture of Our Heroes' Tree or an ornament (get permission as appropriate, please). Rejoice: Let others know when Our Heroes' Tree stands tall in your community.
Three brothers and two of their brothers-in-law all served in WWII. Ornament placed on the Rhode Island Governor's Heroes' Tree.
CONGRATULATIONS McBride Elementary School Ft. Benning, Georgia You inspire us to make Our Heroes' Tree better each year! The first time McBride Elementary students hosted Our Heroes' Tree they decorated ornaments for two sets of trees, one for the families and one for the deploying troops to carry overseas.
This year, McBride students' ornaments included pictures of MILITARY FAMILIES to recognize the heroes among us...every day...in the line of danger and on the homefront.
MFRI has engaged 50 Indiana counties, 31 states, and 9 countries to host Our Heroes' Tree in community and military libraries -- CONGRATULATIONS to MFRI.
Creativity in Currituck, NC -- Currituck BBQ Restaurant hosted Our Heroes' Tree and expanded their hometown heroes to include police and firefighters. Currituck BBQ Restaurant
A HUGE thanks to all of the people, especially the children, who created ornaments for Our Heroes' Tree in the State House of Rhode Island in 2007 and again in 2008. We enjoyed hearing and reading each and every one of your stories.
Thank you to Princeton (WV) Public Library for hosting Our Heroes' Tree and for making a difference in your community!
Who hosted Our Heroes' Tree first in 2005? The United States Military Academy West Point, New York
Currituck BBQ Restaurant, Currituck, NC
Our Heroes' Tree Guidelines (.pdf file)
Includes program format, schedule, easy-to-use checklists, and helpful information about organizing and sharing Our Heroes' Tree.
Our Heroes' Tree Invitation (.doc file)
The invitation poem is already written for you -- all you need to do is change the invite information specific to your date, time, and RSVP information, and it's ready to be mailed!
Stephanie Pickup, author of The Soldier's Tree, and Marlene Lee, author of The Hero in My Pocket, combined the themes of their books for military families and developed Our Heroes' Tree to honor the service and sacrifice of U.S. service members and their families.
Start a Tradition. Our Heroes' Tree recognizes families whose loved ones are currently serving, Veterans, and deceased U.S. service members.
Share Community Spirit. Our Heroes' Tree shares the bonds of military family service, separation, or loss during the holiday season.
Together in Patriotic Pride. Our Heroes' Tree promotes patriotic pride among families, organizations, and communities.
*Our Heroes' Tree is servicemarked by Early Light Press and TAO Army Kids Publishing.
The very first Our Heroes' Tree in 2005
Click on book cover image above to learn more about The Soldier's Tree
Get inspired!
Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, Rhode Island (image to the right) warmly hosted OUR HEROES' TREE in 2006. Ornaments were dedicated to veterans of many ages and service branches.
Get creative!
In December 2006, Armed Forces Network interviewed the organizer of OUR HEROES' TREE in Friedberg, Germany for 1AD's (1st Armored Division) deployed units. Many families made ornaments for Our Heroes' Trees standing tall outdoors at Ray Barracks!
