It's Never Too Early for Christmas
We are asking for donations and volunteers from our community to help this become a reality again this season. We need donations to cover our costs and to pay the professionals to complete our display. We will honor all donors and volunteers with a large sign at each of the three entrances to the area.
Any amount of donation or any hours spent decorating are so helpful! No amount is too small as the dollars will add up!
* The last date to sign up to decorate will be October 1st.
Riverwalk Lights
We are reaching out to the community to once again partner with VBH to light over 100 trees along the Riverwalk for the holidays and put up decorations.
We need to raise money in order make this happen again.
Together we create a quaint display that can be enjoyed with a lovely stroll around along the Riverwalk, around the millpond and past Centennial Park.
The lights are turned on after our annual Christmas Parade (Saturday, Nov. 9th 2024) and stay lit until early January.
We hire Rocket Lighting to light focal trees that require special touches and their lift to reach high in the branches. They complete all the electrical hookups and take down the entire display in January.
This project is possible only because of generous donations from local businesses, service organizations, and individuals who sponsor the project monetarily, with their time, or both!
Watch for signups to start in September to help us light the trees....
Downtown Decorations
Our volunteers transform our downtown for the holidays. We collect greens and other natural materials and decorate our urns for winter interest.
In 2021,VBH purchased lit wreaths and garlands for 133 of the lamp posts in the downtown area.
We will partner with the High School on Saturday morning October 26, 2024 (rain date the following Saturday morning) when students come and volunteer their time to install the garlands and other décor. The kids are just amazing!
VBH adult volunteers install the wreaths because of the extra high ladder work. We would love to partner with local businesses for our wreath install day on October 25th (weather permitting).
The City of Hartford Utility Dept. helps by hanging all the wreaths along busy Hwy 60. At the end of the season the Utility Dept. comes and helps VBH volunteers take down all the wreaths and garlands and we store them away.
Contact us if you would like to help!