COTS Tree Sale: December 7 until they're sold!
City Market is gearing up for our annual tree sale to benefit the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)!! The fresh balsams are grown in Craftsbury, VT by Moffatt’s Tree Farm and will be on sale for $30 (all sizes).
The Committee on Temporary Shelter provides emergency shelter, services, and housing for people who are homeless or marginally housed in Vermont. COTS advocates for long term solutions to end homelessness.
Purchase a tree to support COTS and receive a voucher good for a 50% off a lift ticket to ski & ride at Sugarbush Resort!
Volunteers Needed
We are looking for volunteers to help outside with tying trees to cars, unloading trees on delivery days, and assisting customers.
- Sign up for volunteer shifts online this year! Shifts are available December 7 - 14.
- For more details, please contact Allison Weinhagen at aweinhagen@citymarket.coop or 861-9750.
According to COTS:
- $20 covers food and a night of emergency shelter for an adult at the Waystation.
- The Daystation, a daytime emergency shelter, is seeing an average of 55 people per day.
- $50 pays for two new backpacks and school supplies for two children in their family shelters.
- In the past year, 111 families stayed at the Main Street, Firehouse, or Champlain family shelters, including 156 parents and 114 children.
After the 2010 sale, City Market staff presented a check totaling over $8,800 to COTS Director of Development & Communications, Becky Holt. The annual tree sale to benefit COTS has been held at the Co-op for the past 13 years, bringing the total donation to over $60,000.
