Project EverGreen launches Heroes Helping Heroes program

CLEVELAND – Volunteers with Project EverGreen’s GreenCare and SnowCare for Troops programs have always cut grass, fertilized lawns or plowed driveways.

Now, through Project EverGreen's new Heroes Helping Heroes, veterans, active-duty military members or first responders provide the same services to families of deployed military personnel.

“Not only have these individuals proudly served or are currently serving our country, but they are willing to go the extra mile and help military families during their time of greatest need,” says Cindy Code, executive director of the Project EverGreen.

Tyler Dixon, owner of Dixon Landscaping & Design in High Point, North Carolina, and a 15-year Navy veteran, is a GreenCare for Troops volunteer. Dixon says before they are deployed, military personnel often enjoy a normal 8 to 5 job and go home to their family every night just like millions of other Americans. But that routine is flipped upside down when a deployment comes around.

“When you are deployed your world, and your family’s world, is turned upside down,” Dixon says. “The emotional, mental and physical support is gone.”

Dixon says his expectation of volunteering for GreenCare for Troops and Snow Care for Troops is to help military families get through things easier than he did.

“The impact of both programs on military families is far greater than a volunteer will ever know,” Dixon says. “The family may not send you a thank you note or text, but the kindness you are showing them is truly appreciated.”

If you are interested in registering to become a GreenCare or SnowCare for Troops volunteer and helping the family of deployed military personnel, call 888/611-2955 or register online.