Wreath Sale
When and Where
When:
Location: Our Lady of Angels / In front of the church
Troop 23's Christmas wreath sale is the troop's own fundraiser: proceeds go directly to the scouts who take part, toward the cost of summer camp.
We sell Christmas wreaths, decorated or plain, over the first weekend of December, and the table is out three times: on Saturday evening around the 5 pm Mass, on Sunday morning in front of the church, and again on Sunday evening at the parish's Tree Lighting. The exact hours are at the top of this page. If wreaths are left after the weekend, the troop may add a sale the following weekend.
For scouts this is a mandatory troop event, and parents are welcome to work the table alongside them. Other ways to help the troop are on Help the Troop.
Buying a Wreath
Pre-order to be sure of getting one — stock at the table is what is left after pre-orders are filled, and the good decorated ones go first.
Two kinds are sold: decorated (bow, berries, cones) for $25 and plain for $20. Delivery is available within one mile of Our Lady of Angels for a $2 fee — useful if you are buying for a neighbour or cannot make the weekend.
Questions, or want to order outside the form: [email protected].
The order form and the pre-order deadline for this year are posted here as soon as the committee sets them.
For Scouts
Pre-sell before the weekend. Aim for at least five wreaths sold to family, neighbours and your parents' colleagues before you ever stand at the table. Scouts who pre-sell finish the weekend well ahead; scouts who arrive hoping to sell on the sidewalk generally do not.
At the table the job is straightforward: greet people, know the two prices, know that delivery exists, and be able to say in one sentence where the money goes. That last one sells more wreaths than anything else.
Dress warmly — December on a Bay Ridge sidewalk, standing still, for a full morning.
Tell your patrol leader which shifts you can work across the two days.
Our Lady of Angels Church
On Sunday the table stands in front of the church, in the morning and again during the Tree Lighting in the evening. On Saturday it is set up for the 5 pm Mass.
Delivery is available within one mile of the church, for a $2 fee.
Our Lady of Angels Church
Address:7320 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11209
Coordinates(i): 40.631867711796°, -74.0247631073°
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The Weekend Around It
The first weekend of December is the troop's busiest of the winter. The parish's Annual Tree Lighting is on Sunday evening, and the sale runs right through it.
Later in the month the season turns from raising money to giving it away: the Giving Tree, where scouts sort and bundle the gifts the parish has collected.
Last updated on November 11, 2026