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23rd December 2021
03:48pm GMT
Reese Fletcher sold 800 'Christmas trees' to raise the money for the gifts (credit: SWNS)[/caption]
Reese - who goes by the motto 'it's nice to be nice' - said he was inspired to help those in need after watching a video last year about families in need that "touched my heart."
The 30-year-old said: “I have kids myself and I can’t imagine them going without gifts.
"I was going to donate £50 and went outside and saw all this wood lying in my garden left over from my business.
“I had the idea to make Christmas trees out of it and sell them for £10 each.
“I made ten in ten minutes and ended up selling 260. This year it went mad."
Reese said the response to his charitable initiative has been "amazing, we've had people driving for three hours to come to buy trees".
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Reese and his team filled 22 trollies with gifts and goodies for underprivileged children (credit: SWNS)[/caption]
Reese's firm Fletcher’s Fencing, Decking and Garden Maintenance in Leeds sold more than 800 of the trees and with other donations raised £10,500.
Reese added: “I got my lads to make the trees whenever we had a quiet day at work.
"We know this is going to give hundreds of children a Christmas they might never have had.”
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