It might if you buy it from Oceanport's volunteer First Aid Squad.
Last weekend, the volunteers from Oceanport's First Aid Squad kicked off their annual Christmas tree sale. They just needed to build some more tree stands to replace those that floated away. First Lt. Maggie Lippolis acknowleges that the post-Sandy days might not make for the best tree sales they have ever seen. "We feel awful for our citizens who have lost so much," she said, "Who's thinking about Christmas trees now?" But she added, "If you have children and you are keeping up a facade" to help them through, a little Christmas greenery might do the trick. Squad President Chris Petrillo said he expected the tree shipment to arrive Saturday, along with grave blankets and wreaths. You can expect the prices at the sale to be higher than home…
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Oceanport's all volunteer squad is hoping residents will remember the squad's service this month in their charitable donations.
"We're in a bit of a pickle," said Maggie Lippolis, first lieutenant of Oceanport's first aid squad. She's standing inside the now gutted Philip J. Budinkski Memorial Building on Pemberton Avenue. Up until Oct. 29 the squad enjoyed a nice piece of property on the water (or mud, depending on the tide) on the backwaters of Oceanport creek. During Sandy the creek swelled to almost the top of the chain link fence behind the building and poured into the vehicle bays, the meeting room and the squad kitchen. The place where the squad once gathered to train, work and socialize is now a dusty mess, stripped down to the rafters about four feet up the wall. What hasn't changed is the volunteer service that the squad provides. Lippolis said that …
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