WKYU, McDonald's Giving
Away Pine Seedlings April 30

April 13, 2004

Bowling Green, Ky. - In celebration of National Arbor Day, free pine seedlings will be given away on Friday, April 30, by the Public Broadcasting Service of Western Kentucky University and 10 McDonald's locations in Kentucky and northern Tennessee.

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 pine seedlings. More than 5,000 seedlings will be distributed at McDonald's in Bowling Green, Franklin, Scottsville, Smiths Grove, and Portland, Tenn. The seedlings are free while supplies last.

This is the 15th 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/Digital 18 in Bowling Green.

For more information, contact Terry Reagan at (270) 745-2400. 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.

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