Christmas Tree Recycling

2024-25 Christmas Tree pickup

Thanks for your support this year.  Hope to continue to servicing your area next year.  Happy New Year!

Pickup dates: Saturday, December 28th & Sunday, December 29th,  2024

 Saturday  January 4th and Sunday January 5th,  2025

We ask for a $10 donation.    Also see takeyourtree.com.

Here are some notes to help us help you in getting your tree:

• Please have your tree out on the curb by 8:00am.  We try to do each route twice during the day, but not necessarily if the weather prohibits it or if we are short in participation for that day.  No need to call  us for pickup to have your tree picked, but phone numbers are available below if special instructions need to be communicated for pickup or if you are out of the area.  Depending on how far out of town you are, we may be able to help.

• We request that you provide a donation.  The scouts are working hard  picking up trees all day for two weekends, sometimes in poor weather conditions.  It is also costing the adult volunteers wear and tear on their vehicles to bring the community this service.  The money you provide may be the only way some of these scouts can participate in the Scouting program or get to summer camp.  Please help the scouts and help us continue this community service to keep the trees out of the landfill.

  • • Please attach your donation to the tree in a ziplock bag.    You can also make a donation by credit card by using the link below.

    • Make checks out to the  "Scouting America Troop 25" or directly to the Boy Scout Troop in your service area (see boundary areas below) or refer to the fliers delivered to your area for information.  If you prefer to do cash donations, please place it out at the curb the morning of the delivery to reduce the chance of theft.

• Donation are welcome if you don't have a tree.  If you want to support the scouts or the program, we gladly accept donations.   Donations can made electronically below or with check/cash sent to Troop 25, PO Box 1914, Bend OR 97709

• There are times the scouts find an ornament on the tree when we are loading it up. If we find one, we'll bring it to you or leave it at your doorstep.

• All trees collected are kept out of the landfills.  They go to different areas around Central Oregon, but all trees are chipped up and used for other purposes, making is a true recycling program!

******Public Service Announcement for 2024/25******

 Christmas Tree Recycling Information for December 2024 and January 2025 Central Oregon Scouts BSA will be collecting and recycling Christmas trees in your community on the weekends of December 28th and 29th and January 4th and 5th. We request a donation of $10 but will gladly accept any donation over that amount. The money raised from the scouts’ efforts will go to support the local Scout troops of Central Oregon. Your donation is used to fund troop activities, community service projects and to replace worn out gear the scouts use throughout the year. The mission of Scouts BSA is to create the leaders of tomorrow by building character through outdoor challenges and education. Your donation helps make that mission a reality. 

For general information on tree recycling in Central Oregon, please visit the website we have set up at www.takeyourtree.com. 

• Some troops will post door flyers specifying which days they will be picking up trees in specific neighborhoods. 

• If you live within the city limits of Bend, you do not need to call in to have your tree picked up. The troops in those communities will be cruising the area picking up trees starting around 8am on the recycling weekends. 

• Please have your tree cleaned of all decorations and place it by the street where it is easily visible to our Scouts and drivers. We will not be checking alleys. 

• You can make a donation online by visiting www.takeyourtree.com and clicking on the area you reside in or you can attach your donation in a Ziplock bag rubber banded to your tree. Please make your check out to ‘Scouting America, Troop 25.” 

• If you did not receive a door flyer, wish to arrange other payment options, need special assistance with your tree or have general questions; please visit our website, www.takeyourtree.com, or call and leave a message at the messaging phone number for your area. The contact phone numbers for the communities in Central Oregon are listed below.

A special Thank You goes out to Centratel answering service, www.centratel.com, which has generously donated this phone messaging service for many years.

This is a win/win situation for the community and for the local Scout troops! This recycling project provides a service to the community and teaches organizational and team building skills to the Scouts involved at all levels of the project. A big thank you goes out to the communities who have made this event a big success and improved the lives of so many youth through Scouting. 

We wish you a Happy Holidays and a safe New Year. 

Troop 25 Christmas Tree Recycling Boundaries