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FESTIVAL OF TREES
A day for kids, a night for innovation
Hospital
foundation
gala supports
emergency
services
By R.J. Marx
Cannon Beach Gazette
S
EASIDE — Innovation
was the focus of the
20th annual Safeway
Providence Festival of
Trees at the Seaside
Civic and Convention Center.
With a goal of raising
$175,000, donors at silent and
live auctions tallied almost
$196,000.
The money will support
programs at Providence Sea-
side Hospital.
“Our focus for tonight is
to celebrate the last 20 years
and look to the future and
the need to grow and expand
our services,” said Kimber-
ly Ward, executive director
of the hospital’s foundation.
“This fund will allow us to fo-
cus on greater, more strategic
projects. The first priority will
be to help patients who use
our emergency services.”
Providence Seaside Hos-
pital Foundation Chairman
Gregg Freedman described it as
“the most successful gala ever.”
A visit with Santa
Saturday, Dec. 2, ranged
from Christmas stocking caps
to black tie.
For the more than 1,000
visitors to Candy Cane Lane
at the convention center, the
event offered not only an op-
portunity to support the re-
gion’s medical services, but
a chance to dally awhile with
Santa and peruse 30 donated
Christmas trees and displays
decorated by local businesses,
designers, florists and North
Coast residents.
A line of children waited
on the mezzanine level for
their audience with Santa.
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Left, Garrett, Anika and Bianna Parks visit David Frei and
his therapy dogs, Grace and Angel, at the Seaside Festival
of Trees. Above, Laura and Gregg Freedman of the Prov-
idence Seaside Hospital Foundation and meteorologist
Mark Nelsen, Fox 12 Oregon.
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Warrenton’s
Adalyn
Saysongdeth, 8, had no doubt
what she would ask for — a
Hatchable, an egg with birds
inside, she explained.
Adalyn’s brother Brody, 5,
and friend Dominic Dow each
had their eyes on Nintendo
Switches.
A wine tree from the Sea-
side Chamber of Commerce
presented 60 bottles alongside
the tree.
An entry from the Can-
non Beach Chamber of Com-
merce honored founder Tom
Drumheller, chief executive
officer of Escape Lodging
and co-owner of Tom’s Fish
& Chips, who died earlier this
year.
The tree memorialized one
of Drumheller’s favorite slo-
gans. “He used to always say,
‘It’ll be fun,’” Drumheller’s
longtime friend and business
partner Patrick Nofield said.
“That was one of his hall-
marks.”
Cannon Beach resident
David Frei, just back in town
from the National Dog Show,
was accompanied by Angel, a
Cavalier King Charles span-
iel, and Grace, a Brittany, to
publicize the therapy dog pro-
gram at the hospital.
The program, initiated by
Frei and his wife, Cherilyn,
now has 10 teams visiting the
hospital.
“Dogs help patients man-
age whatever challenge they
may be having,” he said. “It
gets them to smile, to talk. It
brings them back to home a
little bit.”
With auction of the tree
came a trip to Beverly Hills
and a meeting with Frei and
show host John O’Hurley.
moving into the 21st century
of medicine — proactive as
opposed to reactive.
“Right now, medicine is re-
active in responding to some-
ultimate goal of the founda-
tion and Providence Seaside
is to improve our community
and make it a healthier place
to live for all of us.”
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see and be seen, all for a good
cause.
“This is the premier social
event of the year,” convention
center General Manager Russ
Vandenberg said. “The com-
munity supports all the things
the hospital does for us.”
Freedman said that means
one in an emergency, whatev-
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