GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Boy and girl scouts collected nearly $100 old Christmas trees from the Grants Pass community today.
The scout master for Troops 22 and 222 says the kids went around the area picking up old Christmas trees and took them to a wood chipper.
He says the wood chips will be spread out in areas where they’re needed.
“[It’s] a fundraiser because it helps our youth for their accounts and things like summer camp, but it also helps the community reduce fire hazards,” said scout master, Randy Delong.
He says normally, a lot more trees are picked up, but due to the pandemic. It’s been tough to get the word out to people about the fundraiser.
The scouts were out from 10 – 1.
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