Festival of Trees (SWFL Goodwill Foundation)

FineMark National Bank & Trust will be this year’s presenting sponsor for Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.’s Festival of Trees. FineMark will be the first presenting sponsor in the festival’s 6-year history

The River District Alliances' "It's a Wonderful Life," adorned with bubble lights and tinsel, was the crowd favorite at the Goodwill Festival of Trees in Fort Myers. Other award winners were Camp-Rigby Roofing-Sheetmetal, CenturyLink, and ProFiles.

Goodwill's fifth annual Festival of Trees in Fort Myers had more than 5,500 visitors in 2011, a thousand more visitors than in 2010. Guests visited from across the state of Florida, as well as from 38 other states and 11 foreign countries.

Guests at the fifth annual Tux & Trees Gala will have the opportunity to purchase a signature cocktail: "Treesome" created by Fort Myers' Spirits of Bacchus. The winner was chosen at the Festival of Trees sponsor party, the "Jingle Mingle."

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK has joined forces with the Festival of Trees to provide tree deliveries for the fundraiser. The Festival of Trees and Tux & Trees Gala are the signature events of the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.

Trees provide a unique marketing opportunity for businesses and organizations. The 2011 Festival of Trees begins November 25 at the Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center in Fort Myers and supports the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.

More than 4,500 people visited the 2010 Festival of Trees, and many cast their votes for the event's annual People's Choice awards. This year's top awards were given to Fort Myers Floral Design and Liberty Aluminum Co.

The Festival of Trees, one of Southwest Florida's favorite holiday traditions, will be a featured exhibit at the Fort Myers River District Art Walk in December 2010.

Many auction winners at the upcoming Tux & Trees Gala are expected to "pay it forward" by donating their prize trees to other local charities. The Gala is the signature fundraising event of the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.

"Spirit of the Gulf," one of the world's top-ranked women's choruses, will perform at the fourth annual Festival of Trees in the River District of Fort Myers, Florida. The chorus will perform as part of the Holiday Stroll during Goodwill's Festival.