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Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue will chip your Christmas tree

Rescue team partners with Scouts in annual fundraiser
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Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue will again be tree chipping.(Conor Morley/Special to The News)

When your beautiful live Christmas tree becomes a dried up, needle dropping fire hazard in your home, it's Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue that can help.

With their partners, the First Haney Scout Group, the local search team can pick up your tannenbaum and chip it. Alternatively, you can deliver the tree to the rescue team's base at 23598 Jim Robson Way, right beside the Planet Ice arenas. Their service is provided for the price of a donation, and the funds will be used to help rescue people who are lost or injured in the back country.

The team members will be there on the first two weekends of the new year, Jan. 4-5, and Jan. 11-12, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

RMSAR team member Lori Hansen said the tree chipping service is a way for the volunteer organization to pay for equipment and expenses. Last year, she noted the team got a new boat for its lake rescue missions.

"This is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year," she said, and thanked Bartlett Tree Services and Meadows Landscaping for partnering in the chipping venture.

"It's a fun event, and we see a lot of people faithfully every year."

To book a tree pickup with the Scouts, see their website 1sthaneyscoutgroup.com.



Neil Corbett

About the Author: Neil Corbett

I have been a journalist for more than 30 years, the past decade with the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News.
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