{"id":143783,"date":"2025-07-17T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143783"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:29:00","slug":"angel-tree-farms-a-nonprofit-christmas-tree-farm-to-host-christmas-in-july-on-july-19th-at-the-alburtis-area-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143783","title":{"rendered":"Angel Tree Farms, a nonprofit Christmas tree farm, to host Christmas in July on July 19th at the Alburtis Area Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Tree Farms, a nonprofit donation-based Christmas tree farm, is hosting their 3rd annual\u00a0Christmas in July\u00a0fundraiser on July 19th from 12-5 p.m. at the Alburtis Area Community Center and Pool (220 W. 2nd Street, Alburtis, PA; the pool is open until 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Angel Tree Farms uses the funds from this event to purchase Christmas trees, which they sell throughout the holiday season at their pay-what-you-want lot, also located in Alburtis, PA. Proceeds from the tree lot benefit the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley (PCFLV) and other local nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>Activities at Christmas In July will include raffles, food, vendor tables and even a visit from Santa Claus. Tickets are on sale now, with several options available, including the all-you-can-eat-buffet, raffle baskets, big raffle items, and access to the Alburtis Community Pool and a bounce house. Tickets can be purchased until midnight Friday at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/ticketing\/2025-christmas-in-july-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/ticketing\/2025-christmas-in-july-4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752865701894000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1-6643nDZM1ZIXMK3Z7jn-\">https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/<wbr \/>ticketing\/2025-christmas-in-<wbr \/>july-4<\/a>\u00a0or the day of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our Christmas in July fundraiser helps cover our operational costs during the Christmas season,&#8221; explained Bill Paules, founder of Angel Tree Farms. &#8220;Doing events like this helps us make sure every dollar that goes in the donation box at Christmas time is given to PCFLV and the other nonprofits we work with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PCFLV is a local nonprofit that provides free programs and services to local kids with cancer and their families in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so appreciative of Angel Tree Farms,&#8221; said Tracy Stauffer, Fundraising Manager and a cancer mom. &#8220;The hard work that they put into their Christmas In July event shows their level of dedication to our mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About PCFLV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley (PCFLV) is a local non-profit dedicated to providing free programs and services to local kids with cancer and their families. From a week-long day camp to college\/trade school scholarships to distribution of gas\/grocery gift cards to tickets to local sporting events to visits at the local hospital, PCFLV is there for families throughout their entire pediatric cancer journey. For a full list of programs and services, please go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcflv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.pcflv.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752865701894000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3NEKk73Pb56OO2Qe_dMhrL\">www.pcflv.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nCaley Bittner<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Tree Farms, a nonprofit donation-based Christmas tree farm, is hosting their 3rd annual\u00a0Christmas in July\u00a0fundraiser on July 19th from 12-5 p.m. at the Alburtis Area Community Center and Pool &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143783\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Angel Tree Farms, a nonprofit Christmas tree farm, to host Christmas in July on July 19th at the Alburtis Area Community Center<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/atf-xmas-july.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}