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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) CHI Mercy Health Foundation is excited to announce the upcoming 20th Annual Festival of Trees to be held on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at the Valley City Eagles Club.
With the support of individuals and area businesses, the CHI Mercy Health Foundation raised over $20,000 at last year’s event to purchase new equipment for our Physical Therapy Department!
Funds raised at this year’s Festival of Trees will go towards purchasing new equipment for our Physical Therapy department. This year, we are raising funds to purchase a new Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, also known as a DEXA Scanner, as our patients’ health depends on accurate diagnosis and preventive treatment. Currently, we provide over 400 DEXA scans per year at our hospital to diagnose osteoporosis. Osteoporosis involves a gradual loss of calcium, as well as structural changes, causing the bones to become thinner, more fragile and more likely to break. DEXA is also effective in tracking the effects of treatment for osteoporosis and other conditions that cause bone loss.
This year’s event will be extra special as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Festival of Trees Gala! Please join us upstairs at the Eagles Club this year for a served dinner and a live performance by Kat Perkins!
The event will also include a Silent and Live Auction, Quilt Raffle, Deluxe Trip Raffle (valued at $5000), Wine Pull, and a Designer Purse (to be filled with an undetermined amount of cash!) featured on the live auction.
New this year will be a Mystery Duffle Raffle with your chance to win one of three Duffle Bags filled with “Mystery” items totaling $250 each! The Hospital Staff create and donate many beautiful gift baskets for the Silent Auction along with terrific donations from local businesses.
The Live Auction will feature uniquely decorated live and artificial Christmas trees, wreaths, center pieces, and mantle pieces. Other Live Auction items will be a New England Shrimp Boil Experience for a lucky bidder and 7 of their friends, a John Deere Kids Pedal Tractor, a stunning original canvas print from Dutton’s Valley Gallery, and a pair of Vikings Tickets!
Tickets are $50 per person and will go on sale Monday, October 26, at 10:00am in the Mercy Hospital lobby. Seats are assigned and will be limited to 400 tickets this year. The doors (and silent auction) will open at 5:00pm, dinner served at 6:00pm, the live auction begins at 7:30pm, Kat Perkins Holiday Concert at 8:00pm, and we’ll resume the live auction at 9:30pm.
Please contact Stephanie Mayfield in the CHI Mercy Health Foundation office (direct #845-6557 or stephaniemayfield@catholichealth.net for more information about this upcoming event.