It’s the giving season and the Holiday Kids’ Tree symbolizes it in the best way. Each year, the Association of Washington Business (AWB) hosts the Holiday Kids’ Tree lighting marking the end of their Holiday Kids’ Tree Project of that year. The project collects donations and funds to be given to children and families in need in rural areas. According to the AWB website, more than $390,000 in cash donations and thousands of gifts since the project started in 1989….
The holiday season is officially here and the smell of evergreen fills the Legislative Building with the arrival of this year’s Holiday Kids’ Tree! The tree, delivered November 28th, comes from Rainier, WA and was donated by Weyerhaeuser’s Vail Tree Farm. The Noble fir stands at 30-feet tall and will be adorned with over 7,000 LED lights and stuffed animals for this year’s theme of “Friends of the Forest”. The “Friends of the Forest” theme features animals native to the State of…
DES employees carry the Holiday Kids’ Tree up the Capitol Building steps. (Photo courtesy Patrick McDonald) The Holiday Kids’ Tree is in the building. A large crew of Department of Enterprise workers Tuesday morning carried the 25-foot Noble fir up the north steps of the Capitol, squeezed it through the doors and hauled it up the marble steps to the Rotunda, where it was erected. Tree decorating continued Wednesday morning. After hauling the tree up the steps, workers navigate between…
Secretary Wyman hands gifts to children in the State Reception Room prior to the tree-lighting ceremony. With families and firefighters from across the state in attendance, Secretary of State Wyman led the 27th annual Holiday Kids’ Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday night. The event is sponsored by the Association of Washington Business. This year’s theme is “Heroes Near & Far,” honoring Washington firefighters and police. In addition to traditional decorations and 5,000 LED lights, the Holiday Kids’ Tree is decorated with…
Wearing his black overcoat, Gov. Inslee helps DES employees haul the Holiday Kids’ Tree into the Legislative Building. (Photo courtesy of Patrick McDonald) If you can’t tell by seeing it, you can by the evergreen scent: The state Holiday Kids’ Tree has arrived and is standing tall in the Legislative Building rotunda. Gov. Jay Inslee joined several Department of Enterprise Services workers Monday morning bringing in the 25-foot Noble fir, donated by Winkelman’s Tree Farm in Olympia. The tree will…
For those of you looking forward to seeing the state Holiday Tree in the Legislative Building rotunda, your wait is over. The big tree is up. Several Department of Enterprise Services workers spent Monday morning putting up the 25-foot Noble fir, donated by Rayonier Inc. The tree will be fully decorated late this week. The fir was cut from the company’s property near Humptulips in Grays Harbor County. The public tree lighting ceremony in the rotunda takes place this Friday…