A customer looks over a white pine tree presented to him at the Scout Troop 492 Christmas tree lot at Crysler Road and 23rd Street in this file photo. Scout Troop 492, which has been selling trees on that lot for many years, had its final 13 trees stolen earlier this month from the lot, but donations from the public have made up the cost of the trees, which serves as a fundraiser to pay to send Scouts to summer camp. EXAMINER FILE PHOTO
Families involved with Scout Troop 492 in Independence did not intend to solicit donations when they posted on social media last week about a Christmas…