In addition to some fabulous entertainment opening night, you will get the opportunity to participate in some fantastic live and silent auction activity! Today, we share some of the items that you will find in the silent auction.
Thank you to the donors of each item. They are noted in parenthesis next to each item.
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Today we talk with Peggy Golden. This is her first year designing for the Festival.
My design for this year’s Festival is a diaper tree centerpiece. Our museum board is almost all grandmas with one wish for healthy grandchildren, and our museum is housed in the Crumbaugh Library which was built by the Crumbaughs in honor of the child they lost.
The Crumbaughs even added a Spiritualist Church to the library wishing that they could contact that little lost boy. He lived for only 6 weeks in the early 1900′s. We loved the theme for this year [My Only Wish], and babies became our plan.
I had just made a diaper cake for my daughter-in-law’s shower and a diaper tree came to mind. 33 years ago, my only wish was for a baby from the Baby Fold an that baby is now the father of this new baby, my grandchild!!
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Today we talk with Festival Operations Chair Barbara Knapp. Barb has been volunteering with the Festival for a number of years, so we took a moment to ask her a couple of questions about volunteering.
Today we talk to Amber Spiewak who has worked on a number of entertainment committees for the Festival.
I first started with The Baby Fold because my sorority, Kappa Delta, does a Bowl-a-Thon every year to raise money for The Baby Fold.
Read MoreAndrea Ostling and Val Funk of the Calvary United Methodist Church are designing for the first time this year. We met up with them after they attended the Jeffrey Allan designer workshop. They shared why they decided to design this year and the messages they want the Calvary preschoolers to learn.
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Every year, Santa comes to spend time with us during the Festival. He spends time at Jingle Bell Junction and Breakfast with Santa. Since the Festival of Trees is so close to Christmas, Santa’s elves have to stay home to work on gifts for good little boys and girls. So, to make sure that the visits at the Festival are fantastic for everyone, Sanda needs some local elves to help!
Santa’s elves will help by working the lines to keep children (and adults) happy and calm. All elves will be trained with Santa Chuck’s code of conduct.
Training/volunteering as an Elf of the NorthPole provides community service hours, is fun, you get to wear a costume and so much more!
Let us know your interest by filling out the volunteer interest form.
Marj Taylor has been decorating for the Festival for a number of years. Today we talk to her about why she is involved in the Festival and get a sneak description of the tree she will be designing.
Designer Susan Hoblit has been involved with the Festival of Trees since the very beginning! Today we interview her to learn why she is involved and get a sneak description of what she is designing this year.
Reading this in email: You can see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8frrJu84yU
This past weekend Festival designers met at Jeffrey Alan for workshops to learn the latest tree designing techniques. In addition to getting great tips and tricks, the designers were able to begin their supply shopping.
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