Celebrating 140 Years of Caring: The Festival of Trees

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The Festival of Tress, sponsored by The Queen's Medical Center Auxiliary, has ushered in Hawaii's holiday season since the days before statehood. Festival workers donate their time year-round, handcrafting Christmas creations and planning for the event.

In the fund-raising tradition of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV, the festival has raised almost $2 million for the Medical Center since its inception.

Funds have gone toward the purchase of intensive care unit equipment, a cardiac care program, a surgical laser, Hawaii's first Open Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit, a community outreach program for teens and much more.

December 1956 Auxiliary Project
Second Festival of Trees at the Hilton Hawaiian Village

Auxiliary Donation, 1965
Cineangiocardiographic Unit, a gift from Queen's Gift Shop and Festival of Trees

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First Posted: 1999