Volunteer Information

It’s that time again — the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove is almost here, and we’d love for you to be part of what makes it so special.

Each year, this little grove brings big joy to our community. It’s simple, it’s heartfelt, and it shines because people like you show up to make it happen. Whether you’ve helped before or you’re new to the tradition, we’d be grateful to have you join us this season.

Here’s how you can help keep the magic going:

November 15, 2025 (Saturday) from 9:00 am - 12 pm - Barrel transport: Kaiser Park to Town Green

• Equipment needed - Trucks/trailers (2) to transport the 224wine barrels from Kaiser Park to the Town Green

• Needed: 10 strong men and women to lift, load, and unload the barrels (224 half-wine barrels)

• Equipment needed: 5 dollies to move barrels into place

• Please bring work gloves

November 15, 2025 (Saturday) from 10:00 am - 12 pm - Barrell placement: Windsor Town Green

• Needed: 10 additional strong men and women to place barrels on town green according to design plans

• Please bring work gloves and knee pads

November 26 (Wednesday): Tree delivery, approx. 9–12 (about 20 minutes) *NOTE: arrival time may change
removal of trees from semi truck: Windsor Town Green

• Please bring work gloves

November 29, 2025 (Saturday) from 9:00 am to 12 pm - Tree Placement on Windsor Town Green

• Volunteers Needed (30) - 6 groups of 2-3 attaching trees to barrels; 12 to move trees to the barrels and assist with attaching

• Impact Drills (6) to attach trees to stands

• Please bring work gloves and knee pads

January 3, 2026 (Saturday) from 9:00 am to 12 pm - Grove Take Down Day

• Volunteers: 25 needed to take down trees; move, load, and unload 224 half-wine barrels

• Equipment needed - Trucks w/trailer 2 - to carry the 224 wine barrels from the Town Green to Kaiser Park

• Equipment needed - Dollies, Drills, and screw guns to remove trees and move barrels

• Please bring work gloves and knee pads

Volunteer Sign-Up HERE.
Thank you for being part of this community tradition. It wouldn’t be the same without you.

Additional Info:

• Day 1 Barrel set up

Volunteers are needed at Keiser Park and the Town Green

Help remove 225 half wine barrels from the storage containers and load them onto flatbed trailers/ trucks to transport them from Keiser Park to the Windsor Town Green. Lifting involved and you will get a little dirty so work clothes & work gloves are recommended!

Meet at the shipping containers in southwest corner of Keiser Park (dirt lot closest to WHS football field)

Additional flatbed trailers or trucks are a plus, contact Dennis Rutkowski if can bring a truck or trailer: 707-483-7322

Help unload & place 225 half wine barrels on the Town Green for the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove! Lifting involved and you will get a little dirty so work clothes & work gloves are recommended! Lorene will have maps of where to place the barrels. Doilies and rolling carts are available for use.

For efficiency purposes the Keiser Park volunteers will start to bring over barrels an hour before the Town Green volunteers start. This staggered time will be more efficient so town green volunteers are not standing around and waiting for the barrells to be delivered.

• Day 2 Tree Delivery

Help unload 225 trees from semi-truck on Market St. next to the Town Green, please bring work gloves. If you sign-up to help this date please be flexible as we don't have an exact time that the delivery will arrive, just the date and an approximate time frame. We will message the volunteers once we are updated on the day of delivery.

• Day 3 Tree Installation

Help with dragging 225 trees to the barrels on the Town Green and installing them. Will form up 5 to 7 installation teams, each team will have 5 to 6 people who will install trees, secure the barrel and tighten tree stands. We need 40 volunteers for this part.

Volunteers will be cutting the strings that bind the trees, attaching ornaments to the top of each tree and stapling labels to each barrell

Please bring work gloves, knee pads if you have them, and a set of cordless drills (regular & impact drill). We will supply appropriate drill bits and a couple drill sets!!! Other tools that are helpful but not necessary: Pruning shears/ Loppers/ Hand pruning Saw/ Scissors, Step ladder (6 foot or shorter).

TASKS IN ORDER:

-Dragging Trees to barrels

-Prune tree base as needed

-Install Trees on barrels

-Tighten Tree Stands

-Cut strings off trees

-Attach Red Ornaments to Top

-Staple Labels to Barrels

-Clean Up

• Day 4 Tree Grove Tear Down Day

Help with un-decorating any trees that are still decorated (usually about 20 or so that still need un-decorating). Detach trees from stands and drag trees to Market St. for disposal. Using doilies, haul half wine barrels to the curb to be loaded on trucks/ trailers to haul back to storage containers at Keiser Park. 40 volunteers are needed.

Please bring work gloves, knee pads if you have them, and a set of cordless drills (regular & impact drill). We will supply appropriate drill bits and a couple drill sets! Other tools that are helpful but not necessary: Pruning Shears/ Scissors, Step ladder (6 foot or shorter).

Additional flatbed trailers or trucks are a plus, contact Dennis Rutkowski if can bring a truck or trailer: 707-483-7322

TASKS IN ORDER:

-Un-decorate as Needed

-Remove Red Ornaments/ Labels

-Loosen Tree Stands

-Detach Trees from Barrels

-Dragging Trees to Market St.

-Move & Load Barrels

-Haul & Unload Barrels

-Clean Up