Father and son picking up Christmas trees to raise money for Gravette baseball team
By Valerie Zhang
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GRAVETTE, Ark. (KHBS, KHOG) — A father-son duo based out of Northwest Arkansas is picking up old real Christmas trees to raise money for the Gravette High School baseball team.
Chris Murphy said he and his son, Kyle, take the trees to local lakes where fishermen sink them to build fish habitats.
The contactless pickup project began during COVID-19. Over the past three years, they’ve raised a little more than $5,000 for the Gravette High School baseball team.
“It helps the high school get a lot of cool stuff and helps us get better as a team as well,” said Kyle Murphy, who is a senior baseball player at Gravette High School. He is committed to playing baseball at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.
The funds helped upgrade their equipment, including a new pitching machine.
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