Holiday gifts from the Arbor Day Foundation

The not-for-profit Arbor Day Foundation offers a variety of things for people to purchase as Christmas gifts.

Give-A-Tree cards from the Arbor Day Foundation can be purchased individually and with customized text.

Purchasing the Arbor Day Foundation’s specialty coffee helps preserve rain forests in Central and South America. The foundation’s Specialty Coffee is shade-grown under the canopy of Latin American rain forests. Unlike sun-grown coffee plantations, this traditional shade-grown method gives the coffee a rich and delicious flavor, while preventing the destruction of forestland, according to a release from the foundation.

The Foundation’s Trees in Celebration program allows the giver to honor loved ones while supporting crucial conservation efforts. For each dollar donated, one tree is planted in a high-need forest, and recipients are given a certificate showing them where the trees were planted.

By giving friends the gift of membership to the Arbor Day Foundation, recipients will also be sent 10 free trees, which will be shipped at the right time of year for planting.

To purchase holiday gifts that give back to the planet, visit arborday.org.

More Community news

  • DELMAR — The third annual Biking, Burgers and Beverages celebration is set to roll on July 17, rain or shine.

    It will run from 4 to 7 p.m. along the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail.

    The free event is hosted by the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce.

  • GUILDERLAND — An Italian-style block party — with dancing, music, and Italian street food — was held at Hamilton Square on Saturday as Caffe Italia celebrated its golden anniversary and its first year in Guilderland.

  • Berne-Knox-Westerlo class of ‘25 valedictorian Peyton Del Vecchio has enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and will pursue a career in logistics, supply, or financial management, while salutatorian Elise Lendrum will attend SUNY Plattsburgh with the hopes of becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.

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