Frank Wells unloading Christmas Trees for the holiday tree sale at First Congregational Church.
Greenwich High School’s Freshman football coach Frank Wells is looking
forward to a rematch with 500 fresh-cut Christmas Trees early on Saturday morning, November 25.
For the second year in a row, the GHS Freshman and Sophomore players and coaches will be lending their muscle to unload trees for the start of the First Congregational Church Tree & Wreath Sale benefiting local charities.
The teams plan to set a “speed record” in getting the New Hampshire-grown trees off the long flatbed delivery truck and onto display racks on the front lawn of the church at 108 Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich.
Following a 50-year tradition of selling Christmas Trees to help those in need, The First Church Tree Sale will offer premium Fraser Fir and Balsam Fir trees of all sizes, plus decorated and undecorated wreaths, natural roping and kissing balls while they last.
All proceeds will go to support six vital local charities: Kids in Crisis, The Den for Grieving Kids, the Young Adults Program at Pacific House, Soundwaters Young Mariners STEM Academy, Building One Community, and BackCountry Jazz, which provides music enrichment to Bridgeport students.
Trees and wreaths will be offered for sale on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 6:00pm and on Sundays from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, beginning Saturday November 25.
The tree and wreath sale resumes next weekend, Dec 2 and 3.
In recent years, the sale has grown into a traditional community event, staffed with volunteers of all ages, including church members, ambassadors from the benefiting charities, and students from Greenwich public and private schools.