 This family-friendly festival continues to be a success because of
the support of generous sponsors, designers, dedicated committee
members and more than 1,000 volunteers who staff the nine-day event,
said Elena Kezelis, executive director of the Memorial Medical
Center Foundation..
"Memorial's Festival of Trees is a wonderful family tradition in
our community, and we are glad to kick off the holiday season for so
many people," Kezelis said.
Memorial's Festival of Trees began in 1989 as an event to benefit
the mission of Memorial Medical Center. Since then, the festival has
raised more than $3.5 million for health care projects and programs
and is the largest family-oriented holiday tradition in central
Illinois.
Proceeds from Festival of Trees have been used to support
programs such as Memorial's Regional Cancer Center, hospice care and
Independence Square — Memorial's nationally recognized
rehabilitation program — as well as the Memorial Foundation's health
care grants.
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The 25th anniversary Festival of Trees will be Nov. 22-30.
The general chairwoman is Jane Kiel, finance director for the
Central Illinois Foodbank. This year's theme will be "Glitter
and Glisten," and the colors are gold, silver and white.
[Text from news release from
Memorial's Festival of Trees]
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