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25th Festival of Trees is underway!

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It started small.  25 years ago (1994) the first Red Deer Festival of Trees raised just less than $29,000.00 which was donated to the lab.   Central Alberta got behind the festival and the amount raised went up exponentially.  Within 10 years (2004) over a half million dollars was raised.. just three years later (2007) the festival hit the $1 Million mark for the first time.  They’ve done that 7 times in total.. raising a total of over $15,000,000.
Year Receiving Department Proceeds Year Receiving Department Proceeds
1994 Laboratory $ 28,509 2006 Operating Room $ 957,000
1995 Special Care Nursery $ 41,025 2007 Point of Care Devices $ 1,100,000
1996 Operating Room $ 63,284 2008 Maternal Child Program $ 735,000
1997 Intensive Care Unit $ 108,358 2009 Colorectal Screening Clinic $ 600,000
1998 Emergency Department $ 167,735 2010 Cardioplumonary Care $ 875,000
1999 Long Term Care $ 225,178 2011 Minimally Invasive Surgery $ 1,020,000
2000 Operating Room, Surgery, Outpatients $ 280,024 2012 Laboratory Services: Histopathology $ 1,225,000
2001 Family Birth Centre $ 306,777 2013 Diagnostic Imaging, Urology, and OR $ 1,280,000
2002 Outpatients Department $ 385,924 2014 Obstetrical Operating Room $ 1,075,000
2003 Intensive Care Unit $ 401,338 2015 Medical Specialty Clinic (phase one) $ 1,060,000
2004 Adult Mental Health $ 503,361 2016 Medical Specialty Clinic (phase two) $ 950,000
2005 Regional Rehabilitation Unit $ 492,000 2017 Laboratory Automation $ 1,200,000
24 Year Total $ 15,080,513
Funds raised at the 25th annual Festival of Trees this weekend will be used to purchase Pyxis Medstations for use in Emergency, the Intensive Care Unit, Operating Room, Recovery Room, Unit 22 (Cardiology), & other critical care areas at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Click here to visit the Red Deer Festival of Trees website

Here’s GENERAL EVENT INFORMATION

From signature events like Preview Dinner and Mistletoe Magic to our Volunteer & Senior Appreciations, Festival of Trees produces a calendar of events by and for our community.  There is something for everyone with so much from which to choose!

The Festival of Trees is able to offer a wide variety of special events for our guests to come and socialize, have fun, and support healthcare for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.  These ticketed events are available to our sponsors through our sponsor benefits packages, and to the general public starting September 17, 2018.

Event tickets on sale now!

Preview Dinner – Wednesday, November 21, 2018    6pm – 11pm | Doors open at 5:30pm  GO!

Appreciation Afternoon – Thursday, November 22, 2018    Seniors 60+: 12:30pm-3:00pm   Festival Volunteers:  4pm – 6pm  GO!

 

Festival Business Lunch – Thursday November 22, 2018     11:30am – 1:30pm  GO!

 

Taste of Red Deer – Thursday, November 22, 2018     6pm – 9pm GO!

 

Festival of Wines – Friday, November 23, 2018    8pm – 11pm  GO!   Sold Out

 

Festival Fashion Brunch – Saturday, November 24, 2018  10:30am – 1:30pm  GO!

 

Mistletoe Magic, Saturday, November 24, 2018  6pm – 11pm GO!

 

Breakfast with Santa – Sunday, November 25, 2018   9am – 12pm  GO!

 

Remember!

Westerner Park parking fee is $6.00/vehicle

Public Hours:

Thursday 6pm-9pm

Friday/Saturday 10am-9pm

Sunday 10am-4pm

2018 Event Tickets are on sale now at www.ticketsalberta.com

After 15 years as a TV reporter with Global and CBC and as news director of RDTV in Red Deer, Duane set out on his own 2008 as a visual storyteller. During this period, he became fascinated with a burgeoning online world and how it could better serve local communities. This fascination led to Todayville, launched in 2016.

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