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Lake CountryÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s 7th annual Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜Recycle your Christmas TreeÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™ a success

This yearÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s event raised $250 and 300 lbs of food for the Lake Country Food Bank
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The seventh annual Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜Recycle Your Christmas TreeÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™ on Jan. 7 raised 300 pounds of food and $250 for the Lake Country Food Bank. (Jessica Bennett/Living The Dream Real Estate/Contributed)

The seventh annual Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜Recycle your Christmas TreeÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™ program in Lake Country was a success.

To make getting rid of Christmas trees easier, every year Living The Dream Real Estate, and in partnership with the District of Lake Country, ask residents who want to participate to leave their trees outside for pick up with a non-perishable food item that goes to the Lake Country Food Bank.

This yearÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s event took place on Jan. 7, as Christmas trees all around town were picked by by Gibson Contracting.

In total, 300 pounds of food and $250 in cash donations were raised for the food bank. ItÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s unknown how many trees were picked up.

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Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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