News Release
Release: Immediate
Re: 2020
Festival of Trees
Date: December
1, 2020
Contact: Sharon Crosby
2020 Festival of Trees
Tocccoa, GA – December 1, 2020 – For the 12th year, Main Street Toccoa will sponsor the Festival of Trees during the annual Christmas Fest on December 4. However, this year it will be different. Instead of being inside the courthouse, the trees will line Doyle St in downtown Toccoa. Beautifully decorated trees will be placed in front of ten of the downtown businesses. Local businesses and organizations will help non-profits through this event.
Festival of Trees buckets will be placed inside each store. Attendees will vote for their favorite tree or favorite non-profit with a one dollar vote. You may vote as many times as you like. All of the money collected will go directly to the non-profit with a grand prize of $500 going to the tree with the most votes. Voting will only take place Friday night until 9:00 pm.
The following businesses will be participating:
Troups Studio and Gifts for 1st
United Methodist Youth Group
Ash-ling Booksellers for Friends of the
Library
Southern Roots for Gamma Delta
Cornerstone Antique Market for Tom’s Creek
Baptist Church
Angel Oak Home for The Hope Center
Ck Morgan & Co. for Open Arms Clinic
The Chattel Shop for Neighbors 4
Neighbors/Food 2 Kids
West Realty, LLC for Toccoa Stephens
County Humane Shelter
Toccoa Nutrition for D-earl Ministries
Spa and Salon Anastasia - Mountain Sweet
Honey for Toccoa Life
X-factor Grill – The Ritz Theatre
Also, that evening there will be the
Lighting of the city of Toccoa’s Tree which will be at 6:00 pm on Sage St with
Vice Mayor Evan Hellinga counting down to the lighting of the tree and the
entire Courthouse Wonderland. The Toccoa Carolers will be there to start off
the evening with seasonal songs performed be local churches from 6:00 – 7:00.
Then at 7:00, the popular Tugaloo Holler will perform Christmas bluegrass music
until 9:00.
For the children there will be a visit
with Santa at the Toy Shop, crafts at the Elves’ Workshop, and a live nativity
with animals to pet. Two carriages and a Polar Express train will be taking
attendees around the beautifully lit downtown.
Also that night, there will be food
trucks and booths as well as a Christmas Sage Market with many different kinds
of gifts items. The Market will be located in the parking lot on Tugalo St and
Sage St.
Toccoa on Ice will open at 5:00 pm and
be open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (weather permitting) throughout the
month of December. The fee is $5 per person and includes skates. The rink is
located on Tugalo St. near the yellow caboose.
For more information, please call the Main Street office at
706-282-3309 or go to www.mainstreettoccoa.com
to download an application.
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