About the Festival

About the Festival

The holiday season of 2006 marks Festival of Trees' 15th year of celebration and giving. Festival of Trees is a 17-person volunteer-lead fundraising group that depends on hundreds of volunteers and a generous community to host one of the largest fundraising events in our community.

In 1992, under the Campbell County Memorial Hospital umbrella a small group of volunteers banded together to raise funds for the LifeLine Emergency Response System. This year comprised of 16 trees & 15 wreaths, raised $9,172 and provided services for about 20 LifeLine subscribers. Since then the event has grown to include more than 60 total large trees, elf trees and wreaths and raised over $500,000 for healthcare (i.e. LifeLine, Hospice, and the Hospice/Hospitality House) and healthcare equipment (i.e. transport incubator, blanket warmer, Cancer care, dialysis care). In 2004, Festival of Trees partnered with the Campbell County Healthcare Foundation and continues to support LifeLine Emergency Response System, Hospice, and the Hospice/Hospitality House. In 2005 the premier red-carpet event