Tickets available for Festival of Trees activities in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are still available for Festival of Trees events set next weekend at the Vern Burton Community Center.

One of the two Teddy Bear Teas on Friday still has space available for parents and children. Tickets are $10 each.

Tickets also are available for the Festival of Trees Gala, the Senior Breakfast and the Family Days.

“The 10 a.m. session of the tea is already sold out,” said Bruce Skinner, executive director of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, which hosts the festival, “but a few are still available for the noon event.

“Tickets to the gala are also almost gone, so people interested in those events should contact us as soon as possible.”

Tea tickets can be purchased online at http://omcf-teddybeartea. brownpapertickets.com or at www.omhf.org.

All tickets can also be purchased by calling 360-417-7144 or by going to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation office at 1015 Georgiana St. in Port Angeles.

Now in its 26th year, the annual affair is a three-day fundraiser for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. Elaborately decorated Christmas trees and wreaths created by area designers are featured during the event.

All events are held at the Vern Burton Community Center at 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

Here is the schedule:

• Friday — Teddy Bear Tea sponsored by First Federal for parents and children; 10 a.m. and noon; $10.

• Friday — Festival of Trees Gala sponsored by Sequim Health and Rehabilitation; 5:30 p.m.; buffet dinner, tree auction and silent auction; $100.

• Saturday — Senior Breakfast sponsored by The Lodge at Sherwood Village, The Fifth Avenue and Sherwood Assisted Living; 8:30 a.m. sit-down breakfast. $10 for adults. Limited tickets will be available at the door.

• Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 28 — Family Days, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 Sunday; public viewing of decorated trees and wreaths, musical entertainers and children’s activity areas; $5, children younger than 8 admitted free.

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