Riverwood Christmas Tree Sale Goes Online

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- For the first time in its more than 20 year history, the Riverwood Raider Baseball Christmas Tree Sale is now available to access from the comfort of your home (or office). In addition to traditional in-person and day-of sales, the team encourages community members to go online to pre-order their fresh cut Frasier Fir Christmas trees.

Riverwood welcomes a new baseball coach this year and he brings with him years of experience with
Christmas tree fundraisers.

"Selling the finest quality North Carolina-grown trees is our goal and giving people the opportunity to reserve and pay for their tree online just enhances the buying experience," said Coach Trey Henson.

Riverwood baseball players and parents will continue to 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. Riverwood anticipates moving to an exclusively pre-order business model in future years.

For this year, a limited number of trees will be available for walk-up sales at the lot at Riverwood International Charter School, which is at 5900 Raider Drive in Sandy Springs.

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 order trees and 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