It's that time of the year once again! We are in need of enthusiastic volunteers for the beloved Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove event. Your help will make a significant difference in bringing joy to our community this holiday season.
Volunteer Information
Day 1 Barrel set up
Saturday November 16, 2024 9:00am & 10:00am
Volunteers are needed at Keiser Park and the Town Green
Keiser Park Volunteers: 9:00am
Help remove 225 half wine barrels from the storage containers and load them onto flatbed trailers/ trucks to transport them from Keiser Park to the Windsor Town Green. Lifting involved and you will get a little dirty so work clothes & work gloves are recommended!
Meet at the shipping containers in southwest corner of Keiser Park (dirt lot closest to WHS football field)
Additional flatbed trailers or trucks are a plus, contact Dennis Rutkowski if can bring a truck or trailer: 707-483-7322
Town Green Volunteers: 10:00am
Help unload & place 225 half wine barrels on the Town Green for the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove! Lifting involved and you will get a little dirty so work clothes & work gloves are recommended! Lorene will have maps of where to place the barrels. Doilies and rolling carts are available for use.
For efficiency purposes the Keiser Park volunteers will start to bring over barrels an hour before the Town Green volunteers start. This staggered time will be more efficient so town green volunteers are not standing around and waiting for the barrells to be delivered.
Day 2 Tree Delivery
Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 10:30am
Help unload 225 trees from semi-truck on Market St. next to the Town Green, please bring work gloves. If you sign-up to help this date please be flexible as we don't have an exact time that the delivery will arrive, just the date and an approximate time frame. We will message the volunteers once we are updated on the day of delivery.
Day 3 Tree Installation
Saturday, November 30th, 2024 9:00am to 12:00pm
Tree Installation Groups: 9:00am
Help with dragging 225 trees to the barrels on the Town Green and installing them. Will form up 5 to 7 installation teams, each team will have 5 to 6 people who will install trees, secure the barrel and tighten tree stands. We need 40 volunteers for this part.
The finishing touches! 10:00am
Volunteers at the 10am time slot will be cutting the strings that bind the trees, attaching ornaments to the top of each tree and stapling labels to each barrell
Please bring work gloves, knee pads if you have them, and a set of cordless drills (regular & impact drill). We will supply appropriate drill bits and a couple drill sets!!! Other tools that are helpful but not necessary: Pruning shears/ Loppers/ Hand pruning Saw/ Scissors, Step ladder (6 foot or shorter).
TASKS IN ORDER:
-Dragging Trees to barrels
-Prune tree base as needed
-Install Trees on barrels
-Tighten Tree Stands
-Cut strings off trees
-Attach Red Ornaments to Top
-Staple Labels to Barrels
-Clean Up
Day 4 Tree Grove Tear Down Day
January 6, 2025 9:00am
Help with un-decorating any trees that are still decorated (usually about 20 or so that still need un-decorating). Detach trees from stands and drag trees to Market St. for disposal. Using doilies, haul half wine barrels to the curb to be loaded on trucks/ trailers to haul back to storage containers at Keiser Park. 40 volunteers are needed.
Please bring work gloves, knee pads if you have them, and a set of cordless drills (regular & impact drill). We will supply appropriate drill bits and a couple drill sets! Other tools that are helpful but not necessary: Pruning Shears/ Scissors, Step ladder (6 foot or shorter).
Additional flatbed trailers or trucks are a plus, contact Dennis Rutkowski if can bring a truck or trailer: 707-483-7322
TASKS IN ORDER:
-Un-decorate as Needed
-Remove Red Ornaments/ Labels
-Loosen Tree Stands
-Detach Trees from Barrels
-Dragging Trees to Market St.
-Move & Load Barrels
-Haul & Unload Barrels
-Clean Up