Organization selling Christmas trees to benefit scholarship program

Xi Sigma Pi, the forestry honors society at the University of Maine, is holding its annual Christmas tree sale at Nutting Hall through Saturday, Dec. 9.

Profits from the sale will fund scholarships for students in the School of Forest Resources and the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology.

Hours for the sale are 3–5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon–5 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday.

Trees ranging from 4 to 8 feet tall are available for $20 to $45.

The trees are from the Charlotte White Center’s Highland Blue Ribbon Trees Program, which provides jobs for persons with disabilities.