If you are sentimental about Christmas trees and you swoon over Christmas decorations, you have three more days to catch a forest of holiday trees that brighten the lobby of the Estes Park Resort with cheer and joy.
The display is part of the Estes Park Quota Club’s largest fundraiser, the Festival of Trees. Local businesses and individuals decorate Christmas trees provided by Quota Club in their own taste, style or creations. Some include bonus items, like gift cards to Ember Restaurant and Bar, local coffee shops and hair salons, handmade tree skirts, and matching wreaths.
Visitors to the hall of trees can purchase “tree chances” for $1 per ticket, $5 for six tickets, or $10 for 13 tickets, and then place a ticket in the corresponding box for the tree and gifts they hope to win.
The winners of this year’s trees – there are 44 stunning creations – will be drawn on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. Winners do not need to be present to win but must be available to pick up the tree.
One tree, sponsored by Images of RMNP, is filled with trail tags for many of the hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park. The popular gallery also included a copy of Hiking RMNP – The Essential Guide, signed by its author, Erik Stensland.
Another tree is decorated with a rainbow of colored, hand folded origami cranes, a nod to sharing good fortune with the winner of the tree.
One of the more popular trees from the perspective of a box full of chances was the Sweet Christmas tree from You Need Pie. Along with the tree, the winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to the sumptuous restaurant with its famous homemade pies. Looks like Estes Park residents know a good pie when they see one.
Several trees have traditional decorations of glass balls, garland, bows, and Santa Claus ornaments. Each of the trees have a color theme, ranging from white and red to silver tinsel. Several offer gifts for children, like Barbie-themed toys and a Ty-brand stuffed poodle.
There is sure to be a tree with gifts, ornaments and vision that appeals to all styles of holiday decorations.
The money raised by the Estes Park Quota Club is used to operate their loan closet which provides durable medical equipment to locals and visitors. The equipment includes such things as hospital beds, walkers, toilet risers, canes, crutches, and more.
Over the years, Quota has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Estes Valley residents and non-profits with the purchase of ambulances for Estes Park Health, automated external defibrillators for the Estes Park Police and Estes Valley businesses, hearing equipment for schools, and provide assistance for local youth, seniors and disadvantaged women and children.
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