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πŸŽ„ Festival of Trees Raises $37,000

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Last updated: 2023/01/06 at 3:49 PM
Editor  - Admin Published January 6, 2023
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-via the Reading Education Foundation: On behalf of the Reading Education Foundation Board and all of our Festival volunteers, we’d like to thank the Reading Community! Thanks to all of you, we had another successful festival and were able to exceed our goals! With 2,500+ Patrons and $37,000 in profits for future teacher grants! We could not have done this without you!

On behalf of the REF board, we’d like to thank our Festival Team for their hard work and dedication to this event!

Board Members:

  • Laura O’Neill (Co-Chair)
  • Andrea Nelson (Co-Chair)
  • Teresa Arent
  • Alicia Zessis
  • Laura Fusco
  • Rebecca Schromm
  • Ann Cruickshank
  • Debbie Hattery
  • Amy Yatsuhashi
  • Naomi Muse
  • Meghan Fidler-Carey

Festival Volunteers:

  • Kathy Kinney
  • Alissa Gallegos
  • Marianne Tompkins,
  • Stefanie Walsh
  • Maria Casarano
  • Mary Flaherty
  • Heather Stepler,
  • Laura LaFrancesca
  • Jenny Oberg
  • Julie Cahill-O’Shea
  • Karen Richardson,
  • Annemarie Ring
  • Lindsey McCarthy
  • Laura Forse
  • Amanda Haley
  • Nicole Putnam
  • Deb Gilburg

Special thanks to Lauren Bennett, Creative Arts, Max’s Videos, Parker Middle School, RPS Facilities, RMHS Student Volunteers & Superintendent, Tom Milaschewski!

Thank you to our EVENT SPONSOR READING ROTARY and our sponsors Mark Tango Plumbing and SNL Football.

Thank You to our TREE DONORS!

Aine’s Boutique – Alive & Well Chiropractic – Allardi, Kinney, Fialli, Kerr, Kinney & Williams Families – Antea Amoroso Design – Barbara & Joe Casarano – Barrows Elementary School – Billingham-Walkley, Jeleskovic, Magnus, Murphy, Oberg, O’Dea-Demers & Samways Families – Birch Meadow PTO and Student Council – Black Anchor Handyman & Mill Work – Book Club of Eastway/Granger – Cal’s Creamery – Casarano Family – Class of 2025 – Color Street Independent Stylists Erin Gesmundo & Lyndsie Lewis- Connect the Tots – Coolidge Middle Student Council – Cruickshank & Schromm Families – Drew’s Stews Elise Storti – Encore Dance Academy – Evergreen Florist – Everything but the Dog – Fitzgerald Family – Friends of Reading Recreation – Francis Dr. Best Neighbors Ever – Friends of Reading Metco – Girls Rising RMHS – Half & Half – Healthy Changes Pilates – Henry & Isla Lynch – Jeannie Peirce – John Douglass, II Joe Bean Real Estate Corp. – Joshua Eaton Student Council – Kaylash – Kelley Family – Killam PTO – KR Staging and Redesign Kysa Lovvoll- Cross Country Mortgage – Lee Kimball – Loretta Fitzgerald – McCarthy Enterprises – Meraki Medical Esthetics – Mignosa & Czarnota Families – Mrs. Cristi’s Homeroom – O’Neill Family – Pamplemousse – Parker Middle School Music Department Reading/North Reading Chamber of Commerce – Reading Cooperative Bank – Reading Garden Club – Reading Little League Softball -Reading Orthodontics – Reading Police Department – Reading Public Library – Reading Recap – Reading School Committee – Reading Youth Hockey – Reading Youth Lacrosse – RE/MAX Harmony- RISE Staff & Families – RMHS Choral & Drama Departments – RMHS Girls Swim Team – RMHS PTO – Select Board – SEPAC- Sports Zone 101 – Students of Color for Equity, Justice & Inclusion – Team Explorer from Coolidge – The Chicken & the Pig – The Style Lounge – Tompkins Family – True North Realty – Vitarisi, Shanley, Cirrone, Hanifan, Gosdanian, Russo, Boucher, Graves, Forse, Chute, Haggerty, Ewald, Coyne, Johnson, Flaherty, Keavney, Crowley, Toomey, Jackvony, Brown, Abate, & Dean Families – Women’s League of Reading – Wolter and Nichols Family – Wood End PTO – Yatsuhashi Family – 4th Grade JE Moms Book Club.

We are looking forward to celebrating our 21st Festival of Trees in 2023!

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