The second annual Marion’s Festival of Trees is underway at the Larry D. Miller Business Complex with 45 special Christmas trees on display. This celebration will again help deserving children have a happy holiday this year.
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Festival of Trees underway at Marion’s Miller Complex
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The Rotary Club of Marion has a tree at the Festival of Trees at the Miller Complex. It was decorated by Rotarians Jill Read, Elizabeth House, Cecilia Reel and Annette Bryant. The theme for this tree is “Imagine Rotary.”
This image from a surveillance video shows an individual (left against the wall) tearing down one of the Christmas trees inside the Miller Complex. Some of the recent criminal activity in the complex seems to be focused on the Festival of Trees and its unwrapped gifts. Another video from the surveillance camera shows two young females walking away with a large stuffed animal toy that came from one of the trees. There are other videos that show young perpetrators knocking down the trees in the corridors.
These volunteers are decorating the tree from the McDowell County Sheriff’s Department.
This tree at the Festival of Trees is a salute to U.S. veterans.
This tree from Ledbetter Properties promotes the theme of shop local and the Marion Business Association’s Growing Entrepreneurs Marion program.
This is the lineup listing all of the contestants in the Festival of Trees at the Larry D. Miller Business Complex. The voting on these trees starts Monday and the public is asked to bring an unwrapped toy to vote for their favorite tree. All the toys collected will be donated to Project Christmas in McDowell County. The tree with the most votes wins prize money to a charity of their choice.
This map shows where all the trees are within the Larry D. Miller Business Complex. The voting on these trees starts Monday and the public is asked to bring an unwrapped toy to vote for your favorite tree. All the toys collected will be donated to Project Christmas here in McDowell County. The tree with the most votes wins prize money to a charity of their choice.
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