Local scouting group funds program with Christmas' iconic conifer
The Moses Lake Royal Rangers outpost's Christmas tree lot, now in its tenth year, is the group's primary fundraiser for the year. Proceeds from the sale of the trees, sourced from a Mossrock tree farmer who was a Royal Ranger as a boy, help pay for merit badges, activities and scholarships for boys who can't otherwise afford to attend.
Charles H. Featherstone/Columbia Basin Herald
Lonnie O'Neal, Senior Commander of the Moses Lake outpost of the Royal Rangers, and Mitchell Trautman, a 16-year-old member of the Christian-based scouting organization, worked at the Rangers' tree farm Thursday.
Mitchell Trautman helped out on the Christmas tree lot Thursday as the Royal Rangers worked to sell the last of their 200 trees.
MOSES LAKE — In a little lot lined by chain-link fences on East Broadway Avenue, volunteers with the Moses Lake outpost of a worldwide Christian scouting organization were quickly selling the last of their Christmas trees in what is the group’s largest fundraiser of the year.
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