GreenCare for Troops connects military families with volunteers to maintain healthy green spaces that support well being, strengthen communities, and contribute to a greener, healthier, cooler Earth.
GreenCare for Troops exists to support military families through healthy green spaces.
Services Offered Through Our Program
Mowing
Trimming Shrubs/Bushes/Hedges
Aeration
Fertilizing/Weed Control
Perimeter Pest Control
Mosquito Control
Fire Ant Control
Irrigation Seasonal
Irrigation Maintenance
Spring Clean-Up
Fall/Leaf Clean-Up
Snow Shoveling
Snow Plowing
How It Works
Register
Once submitted your registration is live and you could be immediately matched with a service member.
Set Your Parameters
Choose the services you’re willing to offer free of charge, the distance you’re willing to travel and the number of families you’re willing to serve.
Receive Match Alerts
Volunteers will receive an email when they are matched. For the safety of our military, names or addresses of families will not be provided in this email.
Connect With Your Family
Military families will contact you directly within 10 days of being matched to arrange services.
When you register for services, the choice is yours! Select GreenCare for Troops, SnowCare for Troops or both based on your needs.
Please Read These FAQs About Our Program
Volunteers are matched with eligible military families based on zip code and services requested. For military families with a service member on military assignment, volunteers provide free service for the entire length of the assignment, usually 6 months to 1 year. In the case of a disabled veteran (in states GA, MA, MI, NY, PA, TX), services will be provided for 1 year. Disabled veterans can re-register annually.
Anyone. We welcome lawn, landscape and snow removal professionals as well as individuals. If you are under 18, you must have permission from a parent/guardian to volunteer.
When you register for one or both programs, volunteers can choose the number of families you’re able to help, how far you’re able to travel and the specific services that you can offer from a list that appears during registration.
You’ll receive an email letting you know that a family will be contacting you regarding services. To protect the privacy of the military family, we do not provide their name and contact info to the volunteer. Rather, we provide the volunteer’s name and contact information to the military family. The military family will contact the volunteer and set up a time to discuss services.
Be sure and let your office staff know that you’re participating in the GCFT/SCFT program. A military family may leave you a voice mail or send you an email requesting services, but may not always state that they are part of the GCFT program. Often, they are pre-occupied, stressed and/or desperate for services, and may not completely understand how the program works.
You will be sent an email prior to the end of the service. When you receive this email, we strongly suggest contacting the family directly to ensure the assignment date has ended. Military assignment dates are subject to change and many times the family does not know the exact end date when they register.
Our programs are designed to offer basic lawn, landscape and snow removal services. In some cases, families may ask you to provide additional services. If this happens, please refer them back to the program manager to see if we can find another volunteer to help.
We provide all volunteers with a mission kit that includes: customizable news releases, program logos, talking points and infographics. Volunteers who have used the news releases have greatly helped raise program awareness in their area. We also have window stickers for both GCFT and SCFT that can be affixed to the windows of your trucks. Limited quantities available; upon request.
Yes. Please contact our program managers at 888-611-2955 or send email to info@projectevergreen.org. We will be happy to make any changes you request.
Meet the dedicated volunteers who power GreenCare for Troops
We want to alleviate the pressure and burden of having to care for the outside of the property and allow them to spend that extra time enjoying their families when the loved one is gone.
Steve Cohen
GreenMark Group
If we can help take some extra stress from a service family, that is literally ‘the least we can do.’ These families are both humble and proud and the appreciation they show is over the top.
Chris Kujawa
KEI Enterprises
This is an exhausting time in their life, and it can be extremely stressful. They say, ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ and I think this is even more true when a parent is deployed. These families are giving a lot and deserve our support.
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