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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/17/1ql9fT.St.138.jpeg|376Hillside Avenue tree balls. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/17/1mDrVr.St.138.jpeg|413Tree balls at the Schmitt home on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/16/4Cf9J.St.138.jpeg|413Tree balls at the Schmitt home on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/16/6TF5B.St.138.jpeg|443Tree balls at the Schmitt home on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/16/1dRsZL.St.138.jpeg|437L-r Hillside Avenue neighbors Charles Snover and Sam Bolles use a string to lift a wire treeball into a large tree on Hillside Ave. Friday afternoon, November 23, 2012. Other treeballs hanging from the tree are visible in the background. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/16/ucPxK.St.138.jpeg|525Carly Nevins, a cousin of Mason Schmitt, plays with a chicken wire tree ball frame as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/16/NcgP3.St.138.jpeg|525Mason Schmitt makes a tree ball by crushing in the ends of a chicken wire cylinder before securing the ends with nylon zip ties on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/16/14Sowh.St.138.jpeg|525Mason Schmitt makes a tree ball by forming chicken wire into a cylinder on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/15/A9M3m.St.138.jpeg|525Mason Schmitt plays with chicken wire as she prepares to make a tree ball by forming chicken wire into a cylinder on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/15/1gkfjY.St.138.jpeg|525Mason Schmitt plays with Jonah Layton as the two prepare to make a tree ball make a tree ball by forming chicken wire into a cylinder on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/15/oncKL.St.138.jpeg|483L-r Mason Schmitt, Mitchell Malak, Emma Malak and Jonah Layton make a tree ball by forming chicken wire into a cylinder on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/15/16Eq1G.St.138.jpeg|451Mason Schmitt hangs wire balls on a tree in her front yard on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/15/r1aHK.St.138.jpeg|478Mason Schmitt wraps lights around a ball made out of a cylinder of chicken wire as she makes a wire ball to hang on a tree in her front yard on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. The chicken wire is wrapped into a cylinder shape, then the ends are crushed in and wrapped with nylon zip ties forming a chicken wire ball. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/15/LTdET.St.138.jpeg|432L-r Hillside Avenue neighbors Steve Schmitt, Charles Snover, and Sam Bolles watch as Snover uses a string to lift a wire treeball into a large tree on Hillside Ave. Friday afternoon, November 23, 2012. Other treeballs hanging from the tree are visible in the background. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/23/22/15/m8J9w.St.138.jpeg|472Mason Schmitt hangs wire balls on a tree in her front yard with the help of her cousin Carly Nevins (back) and her dad Steve Schmitt on Hillside Avenue as neighbors put up lighted chicken wire balls in their neighborhood Friday night November 23, 2012. Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. The lighted chicken-wire balls hanging from trees in a couple of Charlotte neighborhoods aren't the flashiest thing around. But they represent a movement that has spread from Greensboro, a decorating craze that's about bringing neighbors together and feeding the poor. Folks on Hillside Avenue will be putting some up today. Need shots of that and of Madison Schmitt, who's launching a food drive connected with the light viewing. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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