(by Martin Wilbur , The Examiner News, December 9, 2021)
Two local organizations that have partnered on a local Christmas tree sale were in jeopardy of having to cancel their holiday tradition this year.
Through a little bit of luck and a lot of help from the community, the sale was saved and hundreds of local families can have their homes decorated with a live tree.
For the past three years, the Pleasantville-Hiawatha Masonic Lodge and the Pleasantville International Association (PIA), a group that promotes and arranges local students to travel abroad, have partnered on the effort after the longtime tree sale at the United Methodist Church ended.
But shortly before the anticipated delivery, about a week before Thanksgiving, representatives of the two organizations were told there weren’t the trucks or the manpower to deliver the shipment of 650 trees from…
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But shortly before the anticipated delivery, about a week before Thanksgiving, representatives of the two organizations were told there weren’t the trucks or the manpower to deliver the shipment of 650 trees from…
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