Forestry Club sells Christmas trees,
raises scholarship money

Melissa Buckman, Corner Post staff

Dec. 7, 2002 - MU's Forestry Club held a Christmas tree sale last weekend at Faurot Field. The annual sale, which is traditionally the club's only fund-raising activity, provides money for scholarships for forestry students and a trip to a forestry convention.

The Forestry Club expects to raise approximately $5,000 a year from the sale and might receive additional money from alumni of the forestry program. Alumni also donate Christmas trees for the club to sell, but most of the trees are grown by the club on its tree farm southwest of Columbia.

Club members also sold wreaths, walnuts and pine bundles.
The club charged $4 per foot for trees less than 8½ feet tall and $5 per foot for trees more than 8½ feet tall. Many customers said they felt this was standard pricing for Christmas tree retail.

Bill and Brenda McCallister, who shopped at the Christmas tree sale, said they were looking for a certain size of Christmas tree. They have a new granddaughter and said they needed a small tree that they could put on top of something and keep out of her reach.


Story posted 12/13/02

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