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WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — This year’s Festival of Trees benefiting Aspirus Health Foundation has raised $200,000 to support hospice services, comfort care, and the Aspirus Family House.
The event ran during the final week of November and featured more than 125 Christmas and holiday-themed trees, wreaths, specialty items, and other decorations. Visitors were able to bid on the items or buy raffle tickets for the chance to win the displays for their homes.
Items were displayed in the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center in Rothschild.
“With support from the community and Festival committee, the Festival of Trees was a tremendous success,” said Kim Smerda, fund development specialist for Aspirus Health Foundation, in a press release. “It was wonderful to be back in person, and we are grateful for the dedicated participation of businesses, individuals and volunteers. We could not do it without them.”
Those proceeds support the home care branches and hospice services provided by Aspirus. Funds also go to the Aspirus Family House, which provides an affordable place for patients to stay when traveling to Wausau for medical care.
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