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April 26, 2010
Get Your MFI Red Pine Seedlings at McDonald's on Arbor Day!
For the ninth consecutive year, McDonald’s restaurants throughout Minnesota are teaming up with Minnesota Forest Industries (MFI) to give away more than 55,000 free seedlings to McDonald’s customers on Arbor Day, Friday, April 30. KARE 11 TV in the Twin Cities is also co-sponsoring the Arbor Day giveaway.
Red Pine seedlings – the Minnesota state tree – will be available at more than 220 participating McDonald’s in Minnesota, while supplies last. No purchase is necessary.
“It has become an annual tradition and we’re proud to once again team up with Minnesota Forest Industries and KARE 11 to help Minnesotans plant trees,” said Paul Ostergaard, McDonald’s Twin Cities co-op president. “People all over the state come back to McDonald’s every Arbor Day to get a new tree to add to their own backyard.”
Again this year, McDonald’s and MFI are inviting people to enter to win one of five large, free trees that will be given away and planted in winners’ yards. In 2009 more than 2,500 Minnesotans entered. Winners were drawn from the Minnesota cities of Brooklyn Center, Coleraine, Minneapolis, Monticello, and Winsted.
People may again enter to win a large tree in several ways: by clipping an entry form from Arbor Day tray liners that will be in McDonald’s restaurants in April; by downloading an entry form from www.minnesotaforests.com; by filling in the entry form provided with each of the 55,000 free seedlings; or simply by mailing in their name, address and phone number to: Minnesota Tree Contest, 903 Medical Arts Building, 324 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802. The entry deadline is May 15.
“Each year, millions of seedlings are planted throughout Minnesota to help replenish the state’s bountiful forests while also cleaning the air,” said MFI executive vice president Wayne Brandt. “With the average tree absorbing 50 pounds of carbon each year, those seedlings are doing a lot to help combat global warming.”
MFI, an association representing Minnesota’s forest products industry, encourages conservation, proper forest management and industry development that foster sound environmental stewardship, multiple use of timberlands and long-term timber supply.
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