If your holiday budget is looking a little grinchy this year, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is stepping in with a bit of seasonal magic. On Tuesday, December 2, the utility will give away 200 five-foot Christmas trees and LED lights, completely free, to Miami-Dade residents at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade\u2019s long-running Christmas Tree Lot.\u00a0It\u2019s a rare chance to walk away with a fully decked-out starter setup without dropping a single dime.<\/p>\n
The giveaway will take place on a first-come, first-served basis. The line will open at 4pm, with distribution running from 5pm to 7pm\u2014or whenever the 200-household limit hits its holly-jolly cap.<\/p>\n
It’s all\u00a0part of FPL\u2019s annual push to help customers trim their trees and their electric bills. Alongside the freebies, the team will be on-site to share simple efficiency tips to help keep holiday costs from snowballing. You can expect demos, quick tutorials and \u201caha\u201d moments about how LED strands, smart usage habits and a few low-lift tweaks can make a real dent in winter energy costs.<\/p>\n
The setting also couldn\u2019t be more fitting: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade have sold trees for more than 75 years, alongside poinsettias and wreaths, to support youth programming across their six clubs. Proceeds from the tree lot\u00a0will support\u00a0after-school tutoring, homework help, STEM programs, arts and crafts, sports, mentoring and summer activities. This giveaway layers a little extra goodwill on an already beloved local tradition.<\/p>\n
FPL will also be touting its Holiday House of Savings, an interactive, game-style tool where customers can pick up more energy-saving tips and earn an entry for a $150 prize box filled with efficiency goodies. Each completed play kicks in an additional $5 donation to the Care to Share Electrical Assistance Program, which supports households facing financial hardship with up to $750 in utility-bill assistance throughout the year.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re hoping to snag a tree, plan to get there early\u2014and maybe bring a thermos of cafecito for the wait. Free trees don\u2019t come around often and the season\u2019s brightest deal might just be the one lighting up Coconut Grove on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If your holiday budget is looking a little grinchy this year, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2122,123,125,124,29969,106],"class_list":["post-53144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news-events-festivals","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}