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Sponsored
by
The
Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce
Mini-Tree Festival
Dates
Friday,
Nov. 30th and Saturday, Dec 1st, 5:00
– 8:00 p.m.
NEW LOCATION
Community
Building, 35 Vine Street, Downtown Carlisle
Bring decorated trees to the
Community Building on Thursday, Nov. 29th from
6-8 p.m. Please
pre-register the tree so space can be provided.
“Light
Up Carlisle” Contact
person: Ethel Lee, 515-402-1008
“Mini
Tree Festival” Chairperson:
Rosemary Fee, 515-989-4095
Silent
Auction: Visitors at the festival
can bid during the festival hours.
The highest bidder at 8 pm on Sat. night will pay for
the tree and take it home that night.
The proceeds will be given to CCA
- the Christian Community in Action Committee.
The money is used for Christmas gifts for Carlisle
Area families in need.
(cash and checks accepted)
(Peoples
Bank have donated 32 trees for the silent auction and will
also provide refreshments and workers during festival hours)
Trees
that aren’t available for auction will be on display
both nights and also need to be picked up Saturday evening
between 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Ways
to participate
1.
Pick up a free tree from Peoples Bank.
Decorate and take to the Community Building for the
Silent Auction.
2.
Buy a tree from the Chamber for $8, decorate it and
keep it after the festival OR donate it for the auction.
Call Ethel @ 515-402-1008.
3.
Bring your OWN TREE that has been decorated.
Real trees are NOT allowed.
Trees should be approximately 3’ high. FOR
DISPLAY ONLY.
Trees
can have lights or not, your choice.
The
trees available for purchase from the Chamber are slender
woodland trees and only 3’ tall so they don’t require
many decorations. They
are also a nice size to be used in children’s rooms,
family rooms or offices.
The people who have signed up for a tree from
People’s Bank may pick them up at any time.
The $8 trees purchased from the Chamber can be picked
up from Ethel Lee at the school’s central office.
See an example of the $8 tree at City Hall, the
School Administration Office or Great Western Bank.
Call
Linda Frazier (989-3600) for a tree from the bank.
Call
Ethel Lee (402-1008) to buy a tree from the Chamber.
Call
Rosemary Fee (989-4095) to register a tree for the festival.
Who
might want to participate?
Social
groups such as card or bunco groups, coffee groups, etc.
School
classes, preschools, day cares, Sunday school classes.
4-H
clubs, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.
Businesses
(these could be decorated, loaned to the festival and then
used in the place of business for the holiday season.)
Individuals
or families.
Church
groups or hobby groups such as a quilters group.
Community
volunteer groups.
Trees
could be decorated in memory or in honor of another person.
What
are some possible themes?
The
possibilities are endless.
Hobbies (sewing, trains, collectors, etc.) sports
(baseball, golf, bowling), professional sport teams, college
sport teams, music, gingerbread, snowmen, decades (60’s,
80’s), antiques, travel themes, food themes, countries
(German, Irish, etc.), color themes (all white, etc),
snowflakes, medical, art, seashells, tropical, animals,
legos, graduation years, cars, bicycles, sleds, religious,
farm, movie themes and more.
Items can also be placed below the tree and/or a
small tree skirt (optional) can be used to add to the theme.
Special
Tree….
There
will be one larger tree which will be decorated by Kay
Scholl of Carlisle Foods.
There will be special pocket ornaments on this tree
to collect donations for the Carlisle Area Food bank.
Remember,
if you are donating a tree for the silent auction, it should
be something that would appeal to quite a few people so
there would be more bidders.
Thanks for your donations in advance or just sharing
your decorating ideas with the community to help make this
one of the popular features of the Chamber’s Light Up
Carlisle Event!
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