Local Businesses Boost Fundraising at Dixon's Festival of Trees

There are nearly 30 local business/citizen-sponsored trees in three sizes—table tops, medium, and large that will be available for bidding at the 11th annual Dixon Kiwanis Festival of Trees silent auction this coming Saturday and Sunday, December 7-8.

The large tree gold sponsors are California Water, Community Action North Bay, Clip-N & Groom-N, Dixon Teen Center, First Northern Bank, Ron DuPratt Ford, Superior Farms, Tully Consulting Group, Walmart and Melanie Wright RE/MAX Gold Realtor.

A special tree donated and decorated by the Kiwanis Lt. Governor Lori Deering exclusively for the Dixon Kiwanis Club will also be auctioned off.

Sponsors for silver-sponsored medium-sized trees are Allied Propane & Gas, American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, Demaray Chiropractic and Nutrition Center, Dixon Tire Pros, The Jamison Family, The Moose Lodge, Travis Credit Union, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Bronze Tabletop tree sponsors are Araceli Lavender Farm, Cynde’s Place Salon and Boutique, Dawson’s Bar & Grill, Dixon Councilman Devon Minnema, Good Scoop Ice Cream, House of Floors, Lemuria Nursery, Motley Realty, and the Dixon Tribune.

More than 100 people including students, families, business owners and managers, 4-H groups, church groups and women who enjoy decorating trees will provide the lights, decorations, and sounds of Christmas for the local club’s premier fundraising event.

More than a thousand visitors come to see the displays and to bid on the trees. Table top tree bids start at $25, medium size start at $50 and large trees start at $75.

Almost all proceeds benefit local children through various services and projects and includes some support to the Kiwanis Family House emergency housing for families in crisis at Sutter Davis Hospital and Shriner’s Children’s Hospital in Sacramento.

Admission and parking are free. Hours are Saturday, December 7 from 2 pm to 9 pm and Sunday, December 8 from 10 am to 6 pm at 1305 North First Street, Dixon.

The public will be asked to vote in each of the three categories for their favorite decorated tree and those winners will receive the People’s Choice Awards. For more information, check out the Facebook page for ‘Kiwanis of Dixon’ or call (707) 301-0795.