For 27 years, Graham and Dorothy Cook have picked out a Christmas tree, not too big, but not too small, from the 1st Cedar Hill Scout Group annual Christmas tree sale.
The fundraiser is underway from Dec. 2 to 22, weeknights from 5 to 7 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
On Saturday the Cooks were the Cedar Hill ScoutsB次元官网网址� first customers of the year.
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The scouts hall brought in about 350 trees this year. About 45 per cent of the tree sales go into the Cedar Hill Scouts Group programs, covering a third of the annual costs, such as camping and other events. The club is home to beavers (5 to 7), cubs (8 to 10), scouts (11 to 13), venturers (14 to 17) and rovers (18 to 26).
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One of the scouting families, with venturer Adrrian Schmunk, helped sponsor a Syrian family who came to Canada in September 2016.
For the holidays, the Schmunks and 1st Cedar Hill Scouts set the Syrian family up with a tree and decorations.
B次元官网网址淭hey have been in Canada for over a year and now live in the Gordon Head area with three children,B次元官网网址� Schmunk said. B次元官网网址淢y venturer group kindly agreed to donate a Christmas tree to them and IB次元官网网址檓 excited to help them participate.
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Cedar Hill Scout Hall is at 3680 Cottonwood St. (behind the McDonaldB次元官网网址檚 on Shelbourne Street).
