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Sugar Grove Holiday Tree at Route 47 and Cross St.: 1991, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022 (Photos and Newspaper Article)
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The tree on the corner of Route 47 and Cross Street is decorated for Christmas and the Winter Holiday Season with the help of generous donors and volunteers.
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Shaw Media ran an article about efforts of volunteers and donors to decorate the annual Sugar Grove Holiday Tree entitled, “Volunteers keep Sugar Grove Christmas tree lit another year” by Chris Walker on November 28, 2016.
In the article, Chris Walker wrote, “When Karen McCannon wants something done, she gets it done. There was no way she was going to spend the holiday season without the massive evergreen tree at Route 47 and Cross Street illuminated. When McCannon found out that Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels deemed that it wouldn't be appropriate to spend taxpayer money on tree lighting last year, she rallied some volunteers together and raised funds so that she could do it on her own."
“Now, with the lights already purchased, it was a far easier task of getting them out of storage and installing them in the tree this year.”
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“Jim Wilhelm (2009) and Pat Graceffa (2006) are two of the volunteers who were instrumental in assisting in this project the past two years, along with McCannon (2008), who were all named Sugar Grove Citizens of the Year.”
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"Jim Wilhelm is the one with the boom – [the truck] – which we really needed," McCannon said. "And he used his equipment from his company to help us install the lights."
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"We couldn't have done it without all the volunteers," she said. "Pat and Dan Graceffa, Jim Wilhelm, Lee Drendel, Al Markus, Lisa and Bill Born, Bruce Wick, Don Foupl, Marc Ebert, John and Shirley Guddendorf and any others who I may have missed. They helped get this tree lit again."
"Now all of Sugar Grove's residents, as well as the thousands who drive by on Rt. 47, can enjoy it once again."
Source: Elburn Herald
Shaw Media, https://www.shawlocal.com/2016/11/28/volunteers-keep-sugar-grove-christmas-tree-lit-another-year/az1a7s6/
In the article, Chris Walker wrote, “When Karen McCannon wants something done, she gets it done. There was no way she was going to spend the holiday season without the massive evergreen tree at Route 47 and Cross Street illuminated. When McCannon found out that Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels deemed that it wouldn't be appropriate to spend taxpayer money on tree lighting last year, she rallied some volunteers together and raised funds so that she could do it on her own."
“Now, with the lights already purchased, it was a far easier task of getting them out of storage and installing them in the tree this year.”
…
“Jim Wilhelm (2009) and Pat Graceffa (2006) are two of the volunteers who were instrumental in assisting in this project the past two years, along with McCannon (2008), who were all named Sugar Grove Citizens of the Year.”
…
"Jim Wilhelm is the one with the boom – [the truck] – which we really needed," McCannon said. "And he used his equipment from his company to help us install the lights."
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"We couldn't have done it without all the volunteers," she said. "Pat and Dan Graceffa, Jim Wilhelm, Lee Drendel, Al Markus, Lisa and Bill Born, Bruce Wick, Don Foupl, Marc Ebert, John and Shirley Guddendorf and any others who I may have missed. They helped get this tree lit again."
"Now all of Sugar Grove's residents, as well as the thousands who drive by on Rt. 47, can enjoy it once again."
Source: Elburn Herald
Shaw Media, https://www.shawlocal.com/2016/11/28/volunteers-keep-sugar-grove-christmas-tree-lit-another-year/az1a7s6/
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Photos: 1991, 2019, 2015, 2020
Newspaper Article: 11-28-2026
Newspaper Article: 11-28-2026
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