Optimists throughout the United States and Canada took turns helping with Christmas cheer. One of the most popular Christmas-related activities was Christmas tree sales. Many Optimist Clubs use the profits from Christmas tree lots as their budgets for the year. It's not unusual for a small club to raise as much as $25,000 in a little less than three weeks.
One hundred percent of all profits are then returned to their local communities in the form of scholarships, youth programs and community projects.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
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