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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Comes Home
The Norway spruce that traveled from Gardiner to New York City came home to help a charitable cause.
The 78-foot tree donated to Rockefeller Center returned to Gardiner on April 6 and the wood will be used by the charity Habitat for Humanity.
According to a story posted on the Times Herald Record Facebook page, wood milled from the tree will be used by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh to renovate a home in the City of Newburgh.
The Norway spruce tree started in Gardiner, went to NYC to become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and has now returned to Newburgh as lumber to help build a Habitat for Humanity home.
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It’s not the first Rockefeller Center tree to provide wood for a Habitat for Humanity home renovation. The charity partners with Tishman Speyer, the owner of Rockefeller Center, to donate Christmas trees to Habitat chapters.
Leonard Sparks, who wrote the Times Herald Record story, interviewed the couple who donated the tree. Gardiner residents Al Asendorf and Nancy Puchalski were happy to see the tree put to good use.
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You can read the whole story at the Times Record.
PHOTO: Rockefeller Center Christmas tree/Flickr Commons
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