Hi, neighbors, Sorry for multiple emails, but I wasn't sure how long it would take to get this pulled together and didn't want folks to put out their trees for trash before I could get the details shared. Thank you for all of your support to this effort over the years! With some of the profit from previous years' efforts, we were able to send holiday care packages to soldiers who were serving abroad last year. We are not sure how we will give back this year, but we always find some way to do so. Thank you for helping us give back in this way. For this year, if you live in Highland Park, East Liberty, or Morningside, our troop can pick up your tree and deliver it to a City of Pittsburgh location for tree recycling on Saturday, January 9th for a donation of $5. In order to make this a truly contact-free program this year, we encourage you to make your donation via PayPal (details for how to contribute can be found on the form that is linked to below). Alternatively, we ask that you place your cash donation in an envelope and you let us know where we can find it when we pick up the tree. We are also asking, this year, that your tree be ready for us in your front yard, rather than on your porch or some other similar location. *Here is the link to have your tree picked up from Highland Park, East Liberty or Morningside: https://forms.gle/9TjWeXgVVevNDGcV7 <https://forms.gle/9TjWeXgVVevNDGcV7>* We will have a limited number of slots available and once we have reached our limit, I will close down sign ups on our form. You can recycle your tree yourself until January 26! This is not limited to our pickup. Here is a link to the city's information about their program, including a fun PSA about why to recycle your tree: https://pittsburghpa.gov/dpw/xmas-tree-recycling Here is a link to their flyer: https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/redtail/images/12539_Revised-Christmas-Recycli... Please do not put your tree at the curb for pick up as it WILL go to the landfill. SOME NOTES ABOUT PREPARING YOUR TREE: please remove all decorations and any tinsel completely from the tree. Please do not put your tree out for us to pick up in a tree bag. We will not take that. You cannot recycle any wreaths on the wreath frame, but if you cut the wires connecting the branches to the frame, you can recycle the branches, and then you could re-use the form to make a new wreath next year! Further thoughts on what to do with that old tree: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/green-home/21195273/10-uses-for-your-old-christ... Finally, for Girl Scout tree pickup in Shadyside, Larimer and Point Breeze, please go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoqshv2cXXhFBCsjczpaAEpb4QLNXOgwgH... Happy New Year to all! -- Heather and Melissa gstroop52498@gmail.com