Photos: Packers 'First Down for Trees' program kicks off 13th year

Green Bay Packers players K Anders Carlson, FB Henry Pearson, LS Matt Orzech and RB Ellis Merriweather read to students at Eisenhower Elementary School on Friday, April 19, 2024.

The Green Bay Packers welcomed 10 teams from throughout Wisconsin for the second-ever Girls Flag Open at Lambeau Field and the Don Hutson Center on Saturday, April 13, 2024.

The Packers Tailgate Tour kicked off the final day of the trip with a visit to the 115th Fighter Wing to meet with military personnel. The tour visited with employees at the Village Hearth and surprised athletes at the Special Olympics Games with a $250,000 impact grant before heading back to Green Bay.

The Packers Tailgate Tour made special visits to Buck & Honey's and Angell Park to meet with community members of Sun Prairie on Friday.

The Packers Tailgate Tour presented a $1,500 check to Platteville High School and a $1,000 check to Dodgeville High School on Thursday, April 12, 2024. The tour also made a special visit to meet with Land's End employees.

The Packers Tailgate Tour made a final visit to the Broske Center on Thursday, April 11, 2024, for a Mac & Cheese fundraising event to benefit Platteville Dairy Days.

The Packers Tailgate Tour presented a $5,000 check for Play 60 at Beloit Memorial High School and a $1,500 check to Turner High School on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The Tour also made a special stop at Kwik Trip to distribute gift cards.

The Packers Tailgate Tour spent Wednesday afternoon with community members at Adaptive Alliance, Inc., and Beloit Senior Living. The group finished the day with a fundraising event to benefit NeighborWorks Blackhawk Region.

The Green Bay Packers, Essity and Green Bay Packaging Inc., donated 402 trees this year to Brown County communities through the 'First Downs for Trees' initiative.

In the 13 years of the Packers Mentor-Protégé Program, more than 422 full and part-time jobs have been created across the 140 protégé companies in 46 different Wisconsin communities.

The Green Bay Packers hosted a literacy-themed event, "Timeout for Reading" at Lambeau Field on Saturday, March 2, 2024.

UScellular awarded King Elementary School with a $20,000 technology makeover through the 'Leap for Learning' program and a surprise visit from RB AJ Dillon on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.