<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://christmastreehouse.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=4978&amp;Type=RSS20" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>News</title><description>Great Tips and News on Fundraising</description><link>http://christmastreehouse.com/</link><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 05:16:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><generator>RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/</generator><item><title>Wholesale Address</title><description>Our new address for this year is 4306 W 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90504.
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"&gt;In response to all the media over the past 24 hours, the following press release will be sent on behalf of the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;NORTHWEST CHRISTMAS TREE FARMERS ASK AMERICANS TO RISE ABOVE THE POLITICS AND FOCUS ON THE BENEFITS OF GOING REAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"&gt;SALEM, ORE. &amp;ndash; Nov. 10, 2011 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ndash; After days of debate surrounding the proposed assessments on Christmas trees, the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association is asking Americans to put political rhetoric aside and focus on the real issue &amp;ndash; the benefits of a real Christmas tree.&lt;br /&gt;
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While not political in nature, the debate of whether to buy a real Christmas tree or an artificial tree is often a highly contentious discussion in American households. Many families may not understand all the pros and cons when it comes to affordability, environmental impact and ease of care of their tree.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here&amp;rsquo;s the &amp;ldquo;real&amp;rdquo; scoop: A real Christmas tree is not only a more sustainable &amp;ldquo;green&amp;rdquo; option, but it is also an easy and affordable way to bring the tradition and nostalgia of the holidays into the home. Other reasons a real Christmas tree is the right choice include: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="line-height: 150%; color: #505050;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;Supports U.S. farmers and our national economy: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;Purchasing a real Christmas tree supports the thousands of U.S.&amp;ndash;based farmers, helps keep people employed and helps support the U.S. economy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="line-height: 150%; color: #505050;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;The value of a real Christmas tree: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;Growers produce a number of sizes and varieties of trees to fit any budget, which gives families an economical way to celebrate the holidays. Smaller tabletop-size trees are an affordable way for apartment dwellers, children&amp;rsquo;s rooms or older adults to still have that natural Christmas tree smell in their homes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="line-height: 150%; color: #505050;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;The environmental benefits of purchasing a real Christmas tree:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt; Real Christmas trees are recyclable, sustainable and renewable, meaning a better environment for future generations. Furthermore, while they grow, real Christmas trees reduce carbon emissions by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, which people, plants and the environment need to survive. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="line-height: 150%; color: #505050;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;Trees are grown and harvested on sustainable farms:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt; Just like produce and other crops, growers plant at least one or more trees to replace every tree they harvest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="line-height: 150%; color: #505050;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;Ease of care:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt; While traditions may take years to develop, memories are easily created at any time. The ease of a real Christmas tree &amp;mdash; purchase, set-up and care &amp;mdash; can easily fit into busy schedules to create lasting Christmas memories.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="line-height: 150%; color: #505050;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;The smell!:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt; The irreplaceable smell of a fresh Christmas tree often signals the arrival of the holiday season in the home. The beautiful fir tree fragrance creates a sensory experience that the holidays wouldn&amp;rsquo;t be complete without.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #505050; font-size: 10.5pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;We want Americans to understand that a real Christmas tree is the right choice and that they can feel good about their money going toward a natural, earth-friendly product that helps support fellow Americans,&amp;rdquo; said Bryan Ostlund, executive director of the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association, established in 1955, represents more than 1,000 farms throughout Oregon and Washington. The association promotes the production of high-quality, marketable trees, ensures environmental stewardship among members, and through voluntary member contributions, helps educate the public on aspects of the industry.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia; color: #4f6128;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The trees are looking great this year. We have been scouting out new fields this year and you will not be disappointed. We have a wide variety of sizes and types to choose from. If you are looking for anything larger than a 15ft please let us know now so we can make sure of availability.&lt;img alt="" style="border:0px solid;float: left;" src="/Images/cssimg/oregon/sdougfarm.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;The dead line for our Letter of Confirmation was yesterday! But we can let that slide a day or two for all you late starters.&amp;nbsp;It is looking like the start of a great year so far. Many new organizations are stepping up to the plate this year and are going to sell a bunch of trees to raise some cash for their programs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>http://christmastreehouse.com/RSSRetrieve.aspx?ID=4978&amp;A=Link&amp;ObjectID=206993&amp;ObjectType=56&amp;O=http%253a%252f%252fchristmastreehouse.com%252f_blog%252fNews%252fpost%252fChristmas_Tree_House_Shipping_Department%252f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://christmastreehouse.com/_blog/News/post/Christmas_Tree_House_Shipping_Department/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Secret Art of Promotion</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 119%; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; language: en-us;"&gt;Be active with your sale in&amp;nbsp;the community. Try to get each participant to set a goal for sales and encourage them to meet their goal. It&amp;rsquo;s a FUN-draiser!!&amp;nbsp; Sell to families, friends, school faculty, relatives, businesses, and neighborhoods.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 119%; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; language: en-us;"&gt;When making a sale explain these trees are the freshest that you can get. Why buy a box store tree when it has been in a trailor for a few weeks?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 119%; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; language: en-us;"&gt;Explain Christmas Trees are a farm raised "crop". Grown in the U.S.A.! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 119%; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; language: en-us;"&gt;Offer discounts on trees to teachers and principals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 119%; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; language: en-us;"&gt;Use a mailer from year to year to keep parents of graduated students still active with your sale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 119%; font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; language: en-us;"&gt;More to come!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #c00000;"&gt;WOW!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #00b050;"&gt;What a great Noble. This tree is 28ft tall. If this is what the big trees look like this year I can only imagine what the smaller sizes are going to look like. Looks like the trees are going to be outsanding this year. Oh and yes this tree is&lt;span style="color: #c00000;"&gt; For Sale&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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This year we decided to go out and do some of our own tagging on the farms.  This has been a good learning experience and has taught us even more about the trees that we sell.  By doing this we are able to pick the best of the best!

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After the three day coaches convention, our Christmas Tree House Texas representitives are very satisfied with all of the new school contacts they made. The coaches were very excited to learn about the program and get started this year! With money being short for programs, we hope that we will be able to help them reach their fundraising goals. 

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July 20-22 in the Exhibit Hall at Booth#1450.

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