1 / 3

A crowd watches a fireworks display during the annual Christmas tree lighting at the home of Carter McDonough in Soo Hill on Saturday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

2 / 3

Cookies, sandwiches, doughnuts, pop and hot chocolate are distributed from inside a garage in residential Soo Hill during Carter McDonough's 10th-annual tree lighting, which collected donations for the Shop With a Cop program. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

3 / 3

A firework shoots into the air during the 10th-annual tree lighting at the home of Carter McDonough on Saturday. (R. R. Branstrom | Daily Press)

❮ ❯ [expand]

close

Fireworks, a raffle, auctions, food and drink and visits from the Grinch and Santa Claus were all part of the 10th-annual tree lighting Saturday in the front yard of Carter McDonough’s home on View 17.5 Drive in Soo Hill. The event, which was bursting with attendees, raised funds for Shop with a Cop, an activity coordinated through the Delta County Sheriff’s Office that pairs children with law enforcement officers to go holiday shopping. McDonough, now 16 and a junior at Escanaba High School, first organized the event after attending the city of Escanaba’s tree-lighting ceremony as a young child.