Photo courtesy the Gladstone Kiwanis

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone-Rapid River Kiwanis is kicking off its annual Christmas Tree of Honor and Remembrance. Lights can be purchased until Dec. 1.

In the past, lights have been sold in remembrance of a loved one or to honor someone special. Lights have also been purchased to honor a special birthday, to honor a cancer survivor, or even the birth of a child.

The Christmas tree is located in Gladstone’s Van Cleve Park and the tree will be lit at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the beach house. The tree will stay lit through Jan. 6.

Names of those honored or remembered will be posted on online at www.gladstonekiwanis.weebly.com, and on the Gladstone Kiwanis Facebook page.

Light forms can also be downloaded online at www.gladstonekiwanis.weebly.com Forms can also be picked up and turned in at the Gladstone City Hall.

Other locations where forms can be picked up are All Saints Catholic Church, First Lutheran Church in Gladstone, and the Gladstone Public Library. Forms can be mailed in to Gladstone-Rapid River Kiwanis, PO Box 22, Gladstone, MI 49837.

Money received through the fundraiser will benefit community youth programs, such as the Gladstone and Rapid River Backpack Program, which feeds school-age children in the area. Other projects that the Kiwanis support are the Salvation Army, IPADS for Autism, Bay Cliff Health Camp, Key Clubs, and school athletic and robotics teams.

For questions, contact Peggy Austin at 906-241-0889.