Campbell River firefighters thanked their partners at Budget Tree Services and Upland Excavating for helping out with the Christmas tree chipping fundraiser on Jan. 3 that raised $2,815 for the Burn Fund. Budget provide the chipper and Upland provided the dump truck as well as disposing of the chips. On hand for a presentation were Steve Wood (Budget Tree Service), Firefighter Kelly Bellefleur, Firefighter Lee Pendergast, Mark Stuart (Uplands Excavating), Firefighter Chris Schulte, and Firefighter Stewart Dumont.