Pickle Tree Lights up Kerrwood Lawn
The °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp Student Association (WCSA) selected Jeremy Fletcher, coordinator of student ministries and missions, to throw the switch Dec. 1, lighting the 150-foot redwood tree, dubbed the Pickle Tree. Fletcher, who oversees Potter’s Clay, Emmaus Road, Urban Initiative and other student-led service projects, donned a top hat, tail-back tuxedo and white gloves for the festive occasion. Mark Nelson, the Kenneth and Peggy Monroe professor of philosophy, delivered the , describing a childhood Christmas when his brother received nothing but socks. The Alumni and Parent Relations Office collected more than 150 items for The Unity Shoppe at the tree-lighting ceremony.