Festival of Trees 2014

This year’s Festival of Trees was bigger and brighter than ever!

With nearly 100 donated trees, and over 50 silent auction items, REF is thrilled to announce that with the help of our fabulous sponsors, donors, volunteers, visitors and supporters, we raised over $24,000 towards grants for Reading district teachers.

Thank you all for your wonderful contributions and support – we look forward to sharing more about the teacher grants this will fund!

A special thank you to our event sponsor, Reading Cooperative Bank, as well as our additional sponsors, Northern Bank and Trust, McGladrey Consulting, and Faulkner Legal Consulting. In addition, much appreciation to Sartell Electric for lighting, Bertucci’s in Reading for the Pizza and dinner fare, the Reading Rotary Club for manning popcorn and cotton candy sales, and all of our beloved Silent Auction & Tree donors (see a complete listing below).

Lastly, heartfelt thanks to Creative Arts for face painting, and for the wonderful performances by Middle School SelectChorus, RMHS Select Chorus, RMHS Brass Quartet, Taylor Hilliard, and Ben Rudnick and Friends, not to mention the impromptu violin performances by Vivienne Langlois and Graham Hardin.

Event Highlights

Kindle Fire HD Raffle Winner:

Suzanne Carlson – Congratulations!

 

 

 

 

 

Winning Trees:

Big winner, taking home three categories:

“Christmas Carol” by the Young Women’s League of Reading.

 

Most Creative, Most Unusual, Best Tree Topper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DK Foundation and Lee Kimball

Favorite

 

“Holiday Sparkle” donated by REF

Most Spectacular

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Wise  & Whimsical Wonderland” donated by Wood End PTO 

Best Under Tree Display

 

 

 Awesome Tree Toppers…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inspirational Designs…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tree Donors

Aines Boutique

Alive & Well Chiropractic

Barrows PTO

Bertucci’s in Reading

Birch Meadow Brownie Troop 75305

Birch Meadow Student Council & PTO

Boy Scout Troop 702

Breland Family

Burbank YMCA

Connect the Tots

Coolidge 7th Grade Learning Center

Coolidge Compass Program

Coolidge Digital Story Telling Class

Coolidge Student Support Program

Coolidge Team Polaris

Coolidge Team Voyager

Creative Arts

Doherty-Barile Funeral Home

Dumas Family

Eastern Bank

Elite Fitness Center

Elite Freestyle Karate

EMARC

Everything But the Dog

Flower Shop at Eric’s

Foley Family

Girl Scout Troop 65036

Girl Scout Troop 73701

Grumpy’s Ale House

H&R Block, Stoneham

Hennessey & Dolan Families

Hilliard Family

Janet & Elizabeth Dee

Janowski Family

J&B Crosby & Co.

Joshua Eaton Families

Killam PTO

Lee Kimball & DJK Foundation

Lego Masters: Luca, Portia, Bobby, Colin & Tobias

Lisa Vouras, DMD PC

Liz & Pat Shields

Lori Grayson & Celeste Colvin

Lumen Wealth Management

Mahoney’s Garden Center

Mary Gould

Olde Redding Butcher Shoppe

Parents Supporting Student Theater

Parker & Coolidge Art Departments

Parker 7th Grade Homeroom 111

Parker Custodian Yori John Casellano & Jennifer Castellano

Parker Leadership & Service Group

Parker Music Department

Parker PTO

Parker Eco Club

Peirce Family

Pure Fit Reading

Reading/North Reading Chamber of Commerce

Reading Cooperative Bank

Reading Food Service Department

Reading Interact Club

Reading School Committee/School Administration

Residence at Pearl Street

Rinklin Family

RMHS Administration

RMHS Art Club

RMHS BAnd Parent Organization

RMHS Business & Technology Department

RMHS Choral Department

RMHS Class of 2015 & 2018

RMHS Class of 2017

RMHS Drama Club

RMHS Gay Straight Alliance

RMHS ILP 2 Students

RMHS PTO

RMHS Robotics Team

RMHS World of Difference

RMLD

Sanborn Place

Sartell Electric

Sawyer Nursery School

Shop the Block – Reading Businesses

South Street Custom Builders

Stonebridge at Burlington

Timothy Kelley, Attorney at Law

Wood End Faculty & Staff

Wood End PTO

Young Women’s League of Reading

 

Auction Donors

Alan Gilburg

Bobbie Botticelli

Brissonte

Bull Radio Station

Chris Wetmore

Deborah Capuano

Downey Family

Holistic Therapies

Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home

EL Designs

Elite Freestyle Karate

Foley Family

Gilburg Family

Glitter Baby Designs

Green Tomato

Hair by Danielle

Harrows

Health Touch

Joe Fish

John McLeod, Ltd

Kids Fun Stop

Laschis

Mallone Family

McGladrey Consulting

Mike Foley

Nelson Family

New Bedford Whaling Museum

Northern Bank & Trust

O’Neill Family

Olde Redding Butcher Shoppe

Parker Middle School

Portland Pie Co.

Quannapowitt Players

Renewal Landscaping

Richie Willis/Last Days of Doo-Wop

Rite-aid Pharmacy

RMHS Band Parents Organization

Sanborn Place

Sense of Wonder

Simoniz

Ufit

YMCA

Zinga