First Christmas tree fundraiser a success

Students and parents picked up their Christmas trees in the faculty parking lot on Dec. 5. ASB sold about 70 trees and made approximately $2500. They extended the order deadline from Nov. 20 to Nov. 23, which helped increase sales

People had the option to buy wreathes. However these did not arrive on Dec . 5 due to a manufacturing malfunction. ASB president Seth Neumann said that these should have been delivered to the customers’ homes on Dec. 8 or 9.

The whole operation of delivering the trees ran very smoothly.

“The wrapped tree was placed on van by a student and we were out of there in 10 minutes,” parent Jill Reist said.

“It practically ran itself,” Neumann said, referring to the efficiency of the pick-up system.

ASB also ran a donation bake sale in the faculty parking lot to raise additional money.

There was been very positive feedback on this fundraiser, especially from parents.

“The tree was very reasonably-priced and is just as beautiful,” parent Cheryl Petroff said.

Next year, Neumann said that people will be able to order their trees online and at MAZE day.