Fourth Annual Lights Of Kindness In Davidsonville Dec. 6-8

DAVIDSONVILLE, MD — The community is invited to view and vote for their favorite holiday trees entered into the Fourth Annual Lights of Kindness, which is a holiday tree decorating contest held at Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville Dec. 6-8. Admission to the event is free.

Hosted by the Rotary Club of South Anne Arundel County, the Lights of Kindness event raises funds for area charities while raising awareness of what local charities do to make the community a better place. Proceeds from Lights of Kindness benefit mostly local, non-profit charities, including the South County Rotary Club’s Bountiful Backpack Program, provides weekend food for more than 160 elementary school children in South County, the Dictionary Project for third grade students, Haiti trade school education, the Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly, Rotary college scholarships and the Rotary Polio Plus program aimed at eradicating the disease.

After touring the holiday forest at Homestead Gardens, visitors then vote for their favorite tree or noblest cause by contributing dollars for an equivalent number of votes or they can use a website to vote. Every dollar counts as a donation that benefits a local charity. Online voting ends Dec. 9 at 4 p.m.

For every vote a tree receives, half of the proceeds will be donated to the designated charity and half will be donated to the Rotary Club of South Anne Arundel County's Charitable Foundation. The cash donations will be split among the charities of the three decorated trees receiving the most votes. Last year's winners of the cash donation prizes were included the Kimmel Cancer Center, Making Cards for our Troops, United Methodist Church, Davidsonville, and NAMI Anne Arundel County.

The hours for viewing the Lights of Kindness Trees at Homestead Gardens are Dec. 6-7 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.