Another flawless event from the Albany Boys and Girls club - Kambria is my bud and neighbor - and she (and everyone at the club) bust their tails for MONTHS to get this event to go off without a hitch, and raise a lot of money to help 3,927 of kids in Albany.
I love photographing this event - I just get to walk around and admire all the beautiful trees and decide what I am going to bid on. This year I won a fabulous wreath and a Spa gift basket :)
Here is the inside of the awesome wreath that came home with me - I didn't get a wide shot - but I will take one of it up at my house! :)
The food was amazing - catered by Jacopetti's Catering
The brownies in the middle here with the cookie dough tops... incredible....
Oh yeah - there were trees there too! My goal for 2009 is to be able to bid on and win one of these amazing trees!
For most of the trees you don't just get the tree and the decorations on it - you get lots of stuff under and around it too! This one came with its own train!
The place was packed! Everyone really comes out and supports this awesome place every year!
Speaking of the fabulous people who help support this event! I would like to give a big THANKS to all of the local business who help this event be a success. PLEASE support local businesses when you can - it makes a world of difference!!
Central Willamette Credit Union
Tom's Garden Center
Albany Democrat-Herald
BiCoastal Media
99.9 KRKT
Lila Graves
Isabellas Gardens
Cummings Transfer
Tom's Garden Center
National Frozen Foods Co.
Don Jones Auction Company
Willamette Valley Bank
OSU Federal Credit Union
Fourteenth Avenue Salon and Day Spa
Concept Systems, Inc
The Golden Pear
Edward Jones
Smith + Company
Albany Police Department
Pediatric Dental
Nancy Kruse, Keller Williams Realty
First American Title Co
Inter-City Housing
US Bank
Fisher Farm & Lawn
Soroptimists Int'l of Albany
Pacific Power
Weatherford, Thompson, Cowgill, Black & Schultz
Midway Plumbing
Jordan Jewelers
Christmas Now & then
ATI Wah-Chang
Altrusa of Albany
Plywood Components
Umpqua Bank
Town & Country Realty
Allann Bros Coffee Company
Linn County Sheriffs Office
Thanks again!! And see you next year!
