ICYMI: Riverwood Christmas Tree Lot Opens Nov. 24

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- If you're looking for a place to buy your Christmas tree in Sandy Springs and a way to give back to the community, then the Riverwood International Charter School baseball team's tree lot will be open for your business. The team's annual sale will begin on Friday, Nov. 24 at its lot at 5900 Raider Drive.

Riverwood baseball players and parents will volunteer at the tree lot, helping customers select the trees that they ordered, fresh-cutting the trunks, and loading them onto cars and trucks.

They will also deliver trees for a small fee. This year, the team began accepting pre-orders online for residents in search of fresh cut Frasier Fir Christmas trees. For this year, a limited number of trees will be available for walk-up sales at the lot. Riverwood anticipates moving to an exclusively pre-order business model in future years.

The Riverwood Raider Baseball Christmas Tree Sale is a long-standing fundraiser for the public school's baseball program, which has seen 13 visits to the state playoffs and boasts a number of alumni on
college and Major League Baseball teams. You can go online to get more details about the program.

Trees will be available for selection and pick up starting on Friday, Nov. 24 and through Wednesday, Nov. 29. Hours of operation for the tree lot are:

• 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25
• noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26
• 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27
• 4 pm. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28
• 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29 (closing day).

For more information email RaiderBaseballLegacy@gmail.com.

Photo: Riverwood Baseball players gearing up for their annual Christmas tree fundraiser are (from left to right) Brian Smith, Griffin Brown, Peter Duncan, Christopher Bauguss and Jordan McCord. Credit: Riverwood International Charter School