One of the major events of the Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon is our annual Christmas Tree Sale. Each December we sell Christmas Trees, wreaths, garland, and tree stands to fund our various service projects and service leadership programs. Every single member puts in about 12 hours of work by taking shifts staffing the lot. Members help customers select trees, load them onto customer's cars, and collecting money.

This year was by far our most successful year ever! Our final profits were $24,253.11!!! This was a club record! We sold out of every item in our inventory! This year we sold over 760 trees which is far more than we've ever sold in previous years!

While the entire club can enjoy this success, much of the credit goes to Paul Mehler who served as the Christmas Tree Fundraiser Chairman. Paul put together the work schedule, handled all the purchasing, and was at the lot helping out almost every single day!

This event was also a Kiwanis-Family event! Our Key Clubs at Mount Vernon HS and South County SS helped us unload the 760 trees on delievery day. Key Clubbers from West Potomac HS came and helped work the lot on busy weekends. Our new Stratford Landing K-Kids also showed up and sold hand-made holiday ornaments to raise money for their service fund. We also want thank the Kiwanis Club of Tysons Corner who interclubbed with us on Dec 8 and helped work the lot! Several Division 20 Kiwanians also supported our club by purchasing trees from the lot.

We are excited about the great service programs these profits will fund and we're looking forward to next year's tree sale!

Pictured above: Tree Sales Chairman Paul Mehler working the tree lot with fellow member Bruce Malkin on a snowy morning.