Scouts selling out fast
By Saturday afternoon the 1st Haney Scout Group had sold more than half their Christmas trees
Eight-year-old Cub Scout Bryce Fontaine held up a Christmas tree at 216th Street and Lougheed Highway in front of the 1st Haney Scout Group Christmas tree lot in the parking lot of the Cap’s Westwood Cycle bike shop. Anneke Smyth donned a cardboard cutout of a tree and waved at drivers in passing cars.
Photograph by: Sylver McLaren , TIMES
People are pleased that the Scouts are back in the Christmas tree business.
"We have been getting a lot of 'I remember when...' stories," said Christi Goncalves, whose troop name is Rainbow.
"Everyone that we have talked to has been so happy to get their tree and help the Scouts," she added.
"We get a lot of that too," she said about the drivers honking in passing cars.
"There were a lot of families that came in on Sunday," Goncalves added.
As of Saturday afternoon the Scouts had sold 280 trees, and by the end of Sunday the Scouts had sold 364 of the 500 trees.
"We are open straight through to Dec. 23 or until we sell our last tree," she explained.
"Not only has it been great meeting all the families of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, it has brought the 1st Haney family closer together," Goncalves added.
JRfm was on location Saturday playing Christmas and country music and handing out stickers.
The tree lot is located at Cap's, at 21626 Lougheed Hwy.
Anyone who buys a Christmas tree from the Scouts is eligible to win a BMX Rise Bike donated by Norco.
