Skip to content

Festival of Trees event falls just short of new fundraising record

A record breaking attendance at Festival of Trees helped raise the second highest tally in the fundraising event’s 18-year history.

A record breaking attendance at Festival of Trees helped raise the second highest tally in the fundraising event’s 18-year history.

This year, $1,020,000 was raised, compared to approximately $875,000 in 2010.

The record was set in 2007 when $1.1 million was raised at the annual week-long festival.

Some 23,700 people attended the event this year — nearly double the attendance in 2010. More than 22,000 individuals attended Festival of Trees in 2007.

Money raised at this year’s event will help enhance equipment and services for the Minimally Invasive Surgery Department at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Some 2,800 volunteers, 516 donors and more than 1,500 volunteer entertainers also helped make this year’s Festival of Trees a success.

Festival of Trees featured 73 decorated Christmas trees this year. The event, which was held at Westerner Park, wrapped up on Nov. 27.