April 17, 2001

WKU'S Public Broadcasting, McDonald's To Give Away Trees

Bowling Green, Ky. - In celebration of National Arbor Day, the Public Broadcasting Service of Western Kentucky University and 12 McDonald's restaurants in Kentucky and northern Tennessee will give away free pine seedlings on Friday, April 27.

Trees conserve energy, beautify neighborhoods and bring songbirds close by. Trees also clean the air, keep the atmosphere in balance and help improve property values. Planting and care instructions will be provided with the Virginia pine seedlings that are native to this region.

More than 12,000 seedlings will be distributed at McDonald's in Bowling Green, Franklin, Scottsville, Smiths Grove, Cave City, Tompkinsville and Portland, Tenn. They are free while supplies last.

This is the 11th consecutive year of the joint project between the locally-owned McDonald's and Western's Public Broadcasting Service. Stations include WKYU-FM in Bowling Green, WDCL-FM in Somerset, WKPB-FM in Henderson/Owensboro, WKUE-FM in Elizabethtown and WKYU-PBS Channel 24 in Bowling Green.

For more information, contact Terry Reagan at (270) 745-6488. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via e-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.