Students to enjoy an inexpensive and charitable holiday celebration
The Lung Association will be
hosting a free, all ages, winter holiday
event. The fifth annual Festival
of Trees, starting on Thursday, Nov.
26 and ending on Sunday, Nov. 29
at the London Covent Market upstairs,
at 130 King St.
The event will feature a wide variety of festive social activities made possible through the support of volunteers and local businesses.
“Respiratory Therapy (RT) students are amazing because they are my biggest volunteers for this event and they are all first and second year Fanshawe students,” said Lisa Serratore-Pimentel, the Lung Association’s Volunteer & Fund development Coordinator.
“The RT students love to come in and do the Santa Shoppe,” she said, which is a gift store where nothing costs more than $5. “Students like that because they can pick up little gifts for mom and dad to take home that stay within budget.”
Santa’s Secret Shoppe will be open for all four days of the festival, and true to the theme and to the holiday spirit, volunteers will masquerade as Santa’s elves.
“A lot of the gifts are prewrapped,” said Serratore-Pimentel. “We’ll put a tag on it; they just have to put it under the tree.”
Additionally, volunteer elves will be available to help with the Tree Raffle event. “Students like it because you can get some good pricing and some great freebies,” Serratore-Pimentel said.
Individual raffle tickets may be purchased for $5 or alternatively three for $10 for a chance to win decorated trees, wreathes and an assortment of other items donated by local businesses.
“It’s a fundraiser for us, but it’s also nice because whoever does win the trees in the raffles, they get to take the whole tree home. It’s ready to go, to put it up in your living room and that’s it,” Serratore-Pimentel said.
All the money that is raised goes into research, especially for childhood asthma, as well as many other community programs such as the association’s own Breath Works program, which is the Lung Association’s “support group for anybody who has any sort of lung disease regardless of whether its asthma, COPD, or lung cancer,” Serratore- Pimentel said.
Another event of interest to students is the Soupendous Lunch on Friday the 27th from 11:20 a.m. to 2 p.m. where a soup competition will take place. Tickets can be purchased for $5.
Serratore-Pimentel said the event is still looking for volunteers. Students interested in volunteering can contact the Lung Association by phone at 519-453-9086 or by email at lpallen@on.lung.ca.
“It’s open to everybody, it’s free admission, [anyone] can come out and take a look at the trees; anybody is invited to come into the Santa Shoppe. It’s a great way to get a few gifts for staff members, employees and coworkers. It’s a great event, its downtown, its easy access.”
The event will feature a wide variety of festive social activities made possible through the support of volunteers and local businesses.
“Respiratory Therapy (RT) students are amazing because they are my biggest volunteers for this event and they are all first and second year Fanshawe students,” said Lisa Serratore-Pimentel, the Lung Association’s Volunteer & Fund development Coordinator.
“The RT students love to come in and do the Santa Shoppe,” she said, which is a gift store where nothing costs more than $5. “Students like that because they can pick up little gifts for mom and dad to take home that stay within budget.”
Santa’s Secret Shoppe will be open for all four days of the festival, and true to the theme and to the holiday spirit, volunteers will masquerade as Santa’s elves.
“A lot of the gifts are prewrapped,” said Serratore-Pimentel. “We’ll put a tag on it; they just have to put it under the tree.”
Additionally, volunteer elves will be available to help with the Tree Raffle event. “Students like it because you can get some good pricing and some great freebies,” Serratore-Pimentel said.
Individual raffle tickets may be purchased for $5 or alternatively three for $10 for a chance to win decorated trees, wreathes and an assortment of other items donated by local businesses.
“It’s a fundraiser for us, but it’s also nice because whoever does win the trees in the raffles, they get to take the whole tree home. It’s ready to go, to put it up in your living room and that’s it,” Serratore-Pimentel said.
All the money that is raised goes into research, especially for childhood asthma, as well as many other community programs such as the association’s own Breath Works program, which is the Lung Association’s “support group for anybody who has any sort of lung disease regardless of whether its asthma, COPD, or lung cancer,” Serratore- Pimentel said.
Another event of interest to students is the Soupendous Lunch on Friday the 27th from 11:20 a.m. to 2 p.m. where a soup competition will take place. Tickets can be purchased for $5.
Serratore-Pimentel said the event is still looking for volunteers. Students interested in volunteering can contact the Lung Association by phone at 519-453-9086 or by email at lpallen@on.lung.ca.
“It’s open to everybody, it’s free admission, [anyone] can come out and take a look at the trees; anybody is invited to come into the Santa Shoppe. It’s a great way to get a few gifts for staff members, employees and coworkers. It’s a great event, its downtown, its easy access.”
