{"id":256671,"date":"2026-01-25T09:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/256671\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:06:07","slug":"record-sums-for-west-midlands-christmas-tree-recycling-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/256671\/","title":{"rendered":"Record sums for West Midlands Christmas tree recycling schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ComptonCare\/posts\/pfbid038Pv7PrQdTVSaK8X9KR7aUjy6B5gRPPzMNKBcNGibhqNoogGQp2BjX2LsC4iCsgFal?__cft__[0]=AZbmay4aqAf8jsxXiRLeiQNYECkL9lfEQLL1j2-1WTfX5bLDcxBd5xZDYWy9O7gYX6h-RQwK4hhFGicO_P760sq3PeR4OEnOScVWQJbfcX-eA_-7ymBUs1j0FdHZHtsv7bQYz4edgYuS-D4tRkszv8UMAgHF3hS1CzSWoiZu70C5mMFw0MelS4Ft9REU3AdaxUE&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Compton Care in Wolverhampton , external<\/a>said it had raised a &#8220;tree-mendous&#8221; \u00a325,000 from its scheme as it went into the last weekend of collections, thanking volunteers from a number of organisations who picked up 1,300 trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Staffordshire, <a href=\"https:\/\/dougiemac.org.uk\/events\/tree-collection\/\" class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Dougie Mac Hospice&#8217;s, external<\/a> TreeCycle collection made more than \u00a336,5000, which will go towards specialist care for people with life-limiting conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jayne Dono from the charity said of volunteers and supporters: &#8220;We simply couldn&#8217;t have done it without them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khhospice.org.uk\/\" class=\"ssrcss-6mgqu7-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katharine House Hospice, in Stafford, external<\/a>, made \u00a317,000 from picking up about 780 trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The incredible support from our community for this fundraising initiative helps us meet the \u00a312,000 it costs each day to keep our vital services running,&#8221; said community and events fundraiser Lyndsey Howard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Compton Care in Wolverhampton , externalsaid it had raised a &#8220;tree-mendous&#8221; \u00a325,000 from its scheme as it went&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-256671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}