Gary Kling of the Oro Valley Kiwanis Club heaves a discarded Christmas tree on to a growing pile at Oro Valley's Naranja Town Site. Club members were operating the site Monday and taking donations for a program to help 140 kids with new clothing at the start of the school year. Contributions also can be sent to the K.I.N. Foundation, 6417 E. Grant Road, Tucson AZ 85715.

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The city of Tucson's Christmas-tree recycling program continues every day during daylight hours through Jan. 11.

The city does not collect Christmas trees from curbs and alleys. Residents must bring their trees to one of the free program's 12 drop-off locations.

Alternately, trees can be brought to a special tree-grinding from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 10, when city workers will do grinding in the east parking lot of Rillito Race Track, 4502 N. First Ave.

City officials ask that anyone attending the tree-grinding bring a container to take home free Christmas-tree mulch.

The city's TreeCycle program cannot accept other green waste. Commercial tree lots cannot bring their leftover trees to TreeCycle sites, except for the Los Reales and Tangerine landfills, at the posted rate.

The TreeCycle drop-off sites are:

1. Pima County Tangerine Landfill, 10220 W. Tangerine Road: 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily.

2. Marana Airport west entrance, five miles west of Interstate 10 on Avra Valley Road.

3. Oro Valley lot, Naranja Town Site, 660 W. Naranja Drive.

4. Pima County Ina Road Landfill, 5301 W. Ina Road: 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays only.

5. Rillito Race Track, east parking lot, 4502 N. First Ave., between East Wetmore and East River roads.

6. Udall Park, south of the Little League ballfields, 7290 E. Tanque Verde Road.

7. Golf Links Sports Park, northwest of Craycroft and Golf Links roads.

8. Rodeo Grounds, 4823 S. Sixth Ave., north of Irvington Road by the east parking-lot entrance.

9. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base recycling center — base access required.

10. Los Reales Landfill, 5300 E. Los Reales Road.

11. Goodwill drop-off location, 7650 E. Valencia Road.

12. Sahuarita Landfill, 16605 S. La Cañada Drive, south of Helmet Peak Road, west of Interstate 19: 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily.

For more information about TreeCycle, call 791-5000 or go online to: www.tucsonrecycles.org