Bowling Green, Ky. -In celebration of National Arbor Day, free pine seedlings will be given away on April 28 by the Public Broadcasting Service of Western Kentucky University and 12 McDonald’s locations in Kentucky and northern Tennessee.

Trees conserve energy, beautify neighborhoods and attract songbirds. 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 7,500 seedlings will be distributed at McDonald’s in Bowling Green, Franklin, Scottsville, Smiths Grove and Portland, Tenn.  Everyone is encouraged to stop in and get their seedling free-of-charge while supplies last.

Volunteers are needed to prepare the trees for giveaway on Arbor Day.  Persons wanting to help bag the trees on April 26 can call Western’s Public Broadcasting at 800-599-9598.

This is the 16th 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.

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For more information, contact Terry Reagan, 800-599-9598.

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