Mystic tree farm helping to make kids’ Christmas wishes come true

Dozens of wooden Christmas trees, painted with stripes, light bulbs and garland, stand among evergreen trees at Yetter Road Tree Farm, a 14-acre tree farm in Mystic.

The painted trees are new this year and represent an effort to provide 50 children with Christmas gifts, as a contribution toward the Groton Human Services annual Adopt-A-Family program.

Tom and Pantea Umrysz of Yetter Road Tree Farm, who also run a painting company, were looking for a way to give back after the coronavirus pandemic, when they called the town and learned about the Adopt-A-Family program and decided to take on 17 of the families.

The idea is that visitors to the tree farm, some who have been coming there since it first opened and now are bringing their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, can not only stop by for a tree but also sponsor a child or family for the holidays.

“It also gives people an opportunity to give back,” Tom said.

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