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$236K Check Delivered By Christmas Tree Festival

Burroughs Community Center in Bridgeport Recipient of Money Raised by 2010 Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival

Editor's note: The following news release was received from the Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival.

The holiday decorations are long packed and the warm weather months are now upon us, but board members from the Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival (FCTF) still had time to make one more special delivery—a large check to the Burroughs Community Center!

The December 2010 Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival, which served as a benefit for the Burroughs Community Center in Bridgeport, recently presented a check for $236,000 to the Burroughs board of directors.

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“We were fortunate to have such a successful event this past year,” said Kristin Nick, president of the Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival. “To have local businesses, community leaders and many volunteers participate and pull together to support the Burroughs Community Center is a true celebration of this community’s generous spirit. We are very excited and proud to present a check to such a worthy local organization.”

Festival Co-Chairs and Burroughs Community Center Board members, Debbie Stapleton and Karen Maloney added, “We are thrilled that everyone’s dedication to this event yielded such a positive and rewarding result."

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"Burroughs Community Center is such an important place for the families in the North End of Bridgeport, and the money raised by the festival will ensure the organization can continue to provide the educational, recreational, social and economic tools that so help our constituents lead successful lives.”

For more information on the Festival, please visit www.FairfieldChristmasTreeFestival.org or email contact@FairfieldChristmasTreeFestival.org.

For more information on the Burroughs Community Center, please visit www.BurroughsCC.org.

Submitted by Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival


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