Gift Cards Can Plant Trees- Free; Using Gift Cards to Plant Trees Without Spending a Single Cent

New York, NY, March 27, 2008 --(PR.com)-- With Earth Day less than a month away and all the growing worries about global warming, Gift Cards For Trees has come up with a new and unique way to make the world more green; planting trees with gift cards. The simple patent pending process begins by caring individuals mailing unwanted, unused, or partially used gift cards to Gift Cards For Trees. These gift cards are then exchanged for their cash market value with almost all of that cash going towards planting trees. Because Gift Cards For Trees has partnered with American Forests the cost of planting a tree is only $1 per tree.

Gift Cards For Trees was founded by Michelle Sarkany. She set up the company and this unique giving process when she learned that of the approximately $70 billion worth of gift cards sold in 2007 an estimated 10% went unused. If even a fraction of those unused dollars could be utilized towards planting trees the world would be a much greener place. And since those dollars are already in the form of gift cards received as presents, the individual mailing their gift cards to Gift Cards For Trees would not be spending a single dollar of their own.

This patent pending process is the first of its kind. As the purchase of gift cards continues to grow exponentially the number of unused dollars will probably grow at the same rate. This could be a great resource for greening the planet in an easy and cost effective way. Whether it is to reduce an individual’s carbon footprint or simply to make the world a more beautiful place, planting a tree is a great way to start to improve the world.

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