Organizers hope the state will allow them to sell more raffle tickets; more trees planned in 2018
Submitted photo by Lori Musgrave Ryan Church and his daughter Rylee with the Stars and Stripes Car Club sponsored tree.
Fresh from selling out all tickets in its first run, the Trees of Remembrance sequel will have an expanded presence in 2018.
Speaking at the Jan. 8 Cheney Merchants Association meeting, organizer Lori Musgrave from the Cheney Marketplace, told the group that the event sold out of it full compliment of tickets, 3,500. They plan to add to the number of tickets and trees that will be raffled to lucky recipients.
The proceeds from the 2017 event went to a variety of veteran's organizations. The event is similar to "Trees of Elegance," which takes place in Spokane at the Davenport Hotel and raises...
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