VERNON — The Governor Hunt House in Vernon, being developed as a community center for the town, is planning their first-ever Festival of Trees and is seeking businesses to participate by becoming tree sponsors.
The event, which takes place Friday to Sunday, Dec. 1–3, will feature dozens of beautifully decorated holiday trees, with valuable merchandise and gift certificates under each tree. Raffle tickets will be sold to attendees, and each tree - together with all the gifts that go with it - will be taken home by a lucky winner.
Sponsoring businesses, organizations, or individuals are asked to supply an artificial holiday tree with lights and decorations, along with desirable merchandise or gift certificates to be placed with it.
Basic tree sponsorship is free, and each sponsor will benefit from mentions of their name being placed with their tree, and mention in other forms of publicity and outreach. All proceeds will go to the renovation of the building and operations of the community center.
The event takes place at the same time as Vernon's traditional Home for the Holidays craft fair at the Vernon Elementary School, which is across the street, and organizers encourage the public to visit both venues during the weekend.
Sponsorship information can be found at governorhunt.org/festival-of-trees. Businesses, organizations, and individuals interested in participating should contact Martin Langeveld at 802-380-0226 or [email protected].
The Governor Hunt House Community Center is being developed by the Friends of Vernon Center, a nonprofit organization. The property, formerly office space for Vermont Yankee, was donated by Entergy Corp. following the sale of the dormant nuclear power plant to Northstar for decommissioning.
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