The 2024 Franklin County Festival of Trees is a happy memory More than 5,000 viewed the trees and the event raised $7,400 for the Cumberland Valley Breast Care Alliance. The trees and wreaths receiving the most votes and the highest bids were:
- People’s Choice Tree, Tree #5 called John’s Glittery Treasures by Kyle Shover received 150 votes.
- People’s Choice Wreath, Wreath O by Conococheague Audubon received 460 votes.
- Highest Bid on a Tree, Tree #33, by King Street Pottery Ministry had the highest bid of $280.
- Highest Bid on a Wreath was s tie, Wreath B by Coalition to Protect Franklin County and Wreath H by the Capitol Theatre each garnered $180.
Franklin County Visitors Bureau thanks the 2023 decorators because Festival of Trees would not be possible without the support of the community members, businesses, and organizations. Special thanks to the 2024 decorators: Franklin County Certified Tourism Ambassadors, Friends of Letterkenny, Homeless Matters, Franklin County Fair Royalty, John Buhrman’s Treasure Tree by Kyle, United Cerebral Palsy, South Mountain Partnership, Loretta Jones, Warm Spring Day Spa, Cumberland Valley Christian School, Menno Haven Auxiliary, OSI, Conococheague Institute, Josua Kellerman and McKenna Mellott, Order of Eastern Star, Wilson College Equestrian Center, Chambers & St. Thomas Apothecary, Fox’s Pizza Den, The Foundry, Shippensburg History Center, Tuscarora Wildlife Education Project (TWEP), Martin’s Potato Rolls, Conocodell Golf Course, Girl Scout Troop 80174, Not You Average Networking Group (NYANG), Shoebox Supply Store, Totem Pole Playhouse, Middletown Valley Bank, Strickler Agency, Buttonwood Nature Center, Morgan Beck, Daughters of the American Revolution, Healthy Communities Partnership of Greater Franklin County, YP Jewelers, Cumberland Valley Breast Care Alliance, Hurley Auctions, Council for the Arts, Penn State Mont Alto, Chambersburg Quilt Guild, Downtown Business Council, Mar-Le-Nie Dance Studio, Park Avenue Pharmacy, Willow and Birch, Franklin County Library System, Boys and Girls Club of Chambersburg and Shippensburg, Salvation Army, Chris Robert’s Grinch Tree, Engraved Memories Plus, F&M Trust, Coalition to Protect Franklin County, Franklin County Dairy Promotion, Dile Family, Franklin County Democratic Committee, Capitol Theatre, Shippensburg Chamber of Commerce, The Pet Store, The Mercy House, Melissa Wagaman, Continental Commandary Unit #56 Knights Templar, Conococheague Audubon Society, the shop, Adamson Dentistry, Greencastle Chamber of Commerce, Council for Wellness, and Downtown Chambersburg Inc.
Franklin County Visitors Bureau will host the sixth annual Franklin County Festival of Trees on Nov. 22 through Dec. 6 in 2025. Anyone interested in decorating for the 2025 Festival of Trees is invited to contact the Franklin County Visitors Bureau at 717-552-2977.
