Festival of Trees
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| Entry # | Tree Decorator | Selected Nonprofit Organization | Organization Description | See the Tree |
| 1. | McClain's Custom Silk Flowers and Gifts | Wounded Warrior Project | McClain's Custom Silk Flowers and Gifts, the business that decorated the tree, is a mother-daughter team that feels strongly about how wounded service men and women should be supported when they return home. | SEE THE TREE |
| 2. | Calvary Home for Children |
Calvary Home for Children | Calvary Home provides help, hope and home to abused and neglected children. Our vision is to build an exceptional community of nurturing foster homes for displaced children in the Upstate. | SEE THE TREE |
| 3. | Meals On Wheels – Anderson | Meals On Wheels – Anderson | Meals on Wheels-Anderson is to deliver hope for our senior and disabled neighbors in Anderson County through meal delivery and interaction that nourishes their physical and emotional needs. | SEE THE TREE |
| 4. | YouthLink STEM Academy |
YouthLink STEM Academy | YouthLink is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization that offers STEM Education and Leadership programming opportunities intended to increase community involvement by empowering youth with the necessary tools to advance academically, professionally and personally. | SEE THE TREE |
| 5. | Chudyk Financial Services & Insurance Group | Oconee County Habitat for Humanity | Our vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Seeking to put God’s love into action, Oconee Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. |
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| 6. | Seneca Elk's Lodge #2822 | Seneca Elk's Lodge #2822 | Seneca Elk's Lodge exists to build stronger communities through youth support programs, service to veteran's and specific needs of the local community. | See the Tree |
| 7. | Toys for Tots |
Toys for Tots | Toys for Tots assists the U.S. Marine Corps in providing a tangible sign of hope to economically disadvantaged children at Christmas by collecting new unwrapped toys and distributing those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas. | SEE THE TREE |
| 8. | Pilot Club of Seneca | Pilot Club Projects and Programs | Pilot International is a volunteer based organization serving local communities in the areas of brain safety and health, preparing youth for service and supporting those who care for others. | See the Tree |
| 9. | Century 21 Hometown Realtors | Stratton's Snuggles | Stratton's Snuggles provides stuffed animals, blankets and other comfort items to hospitalized children and their families at Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Upstate NICU and MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital PICU. | SEE THE TREE |
| 10. | BabyRead | BabyRead | BabyRead is a local non-profit whose mission is to raise literacy levels of children from low-income families in Oconee County, by encouraging mothers to read every day to their babies, and to raise public awareness of the importance of doing so. This is a big step towards reducing the cycle of poverty. | SEE THE TREE |
| 11. | Oconee County Chamber of Commerce |
Oconee County Chamber of Commerce | The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce's mission is to promote a thriving business community through connection, advocacy and education. | SEE THE TREE |
| 12. | Mounted Ministries | Mounted Ministries | Sharing our passion for Jesus through our passion for horses. | SEE THE TREE |
| 13. | Crescent Pointe | Upstate SC Chapter of the American Red Cross |
The Palmetto SC Region of the American Red Cross provides vital services to the residents of SC including disaster relief, health and safety classes, blood collection for hospitals and services to the armed forces. | See the Tree |
| 14. | Oconee Humane Society |
Oconee Humane Society | Oconee Humane Society is an animal welfare organization dedicated to providing life-saving support and care for homeless and helpless pets. | SEE THE TREE |
| 15. | Friends of Lake Keowee Society (FOLKS) | If FOLKS wins, it wiil give the prize to one of the other groups in the Festival of Trees. | FOLKS' mission is to preserve, protect and enhance Lake Keowee and its watershed through advocacy, conservation, and education. | SEE THE TREE |
| 16. | Tamassee DAR School |
Tamassee DAR School | To expand students' educational horizons, empower them to become exceptional citizens and inspire community wholeness. | SEE THE TREE |
| 17. | Student Council of Tri-County Home Educators | Wounded Warrior Project | The Wounded Warrior Project is an organization dedicated to helping our post- 9/11 service members and veterans recover from illness, injury and trauma. | See the Tree |
| 18. | Seneca Animal Hospital |
SCVets Care Foundation |
The SCVets Care Foundation is an organization that supports veterinary care for pets of senior citizens and others who are in need, and supports pet safety by purchasing pet restraints. |
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| 19. | Keep Oconee Beautiful Association | Keep Oconee Beautiful Association | KOBA's mission is to restore the beauty of Oconee County through education, awareness, cooperation and action. | SEE THE TREE |
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