Holiday Giving Calendar
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu City Lights trolley Tours, benefitting the Hawaii Foodbank, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8-23 and Dec. 26-30. Tickets go on sale Nov. 29 at the customer information booth at Ward Warehouse: $2.50 per person, free for children 3 and younger. Limit 10 tickets per person, while supplies last. Departure information: 593-2376.
Senior Giving Trees, decorated with ornaments labeled with gift wishes of disadvantaged seniors, will be on display at Ward Warehouse and Ward Centre Nov. 29-Dec. 15. Public invited to select an ornament and grant a wish.
"MistleToe Magic," a designer boutique shopping experience by Ballet Hawaii, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 1 in Nu'uanu. Three homes on Dowsett Avenue will feature boutiques selling ornaments, poinsettias, wreaths and handcrafted and imported items. Ballet Hawaii will sell dance-themed items and offer gift-wrapping in its "Nutcracker Suite." Tickets are $20 in advance by calling 395-7216, or $25 at the event. Fee covers holiday sweets by Godiva Chocolates and Bubbies Ice Cream, as well as shuttle service from 42 Puiwa Road to the event.
48th Annual Festival of Trees, fund-raiser for The Queen's Medical Center, with gala cocktail party at kick-off and custom-decorated Christmas trees. Gala cocktail party is 6-8 p.m. Dec. 5; call 547-4397 for tickets. The Festival of Trees, also featuring handmade holiday decorations and Christmas shadow boxes, is Dec. 6-8 in the Ward Warehouse conference rooms, second floor; $1 admission, free for children 12 and younger.
IHS Holiday Gift Cards, benefitting the Institute for Human Services; order deadline Dec. 9. For each $10 donation (which will provide food and shelter for a homeless person for one night), IHS will mail a hand-addressed, personalized holiday gift card with the donor's return address to their designated recipient. Donors may also opt to order the cards and mail them themselves. For order forms or information: 845-7150, fax 845-7190, e-mail Cards@IHShawaii.org, or visit www.IHS-hawaii.org.
Throughout the holiday season, The Advertiser will list events with holiday themes that benefit the community. Send to: Holiday Giving Calendar, Island Life, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96813.