About Opportunity House
Vacaville's Opportunity House provides emergency shelter, food, and clothing for homeless Vacaville citizens, both families and individuals for a period of up to sixty days. In addition to emergency shelter, the Opportunity House Staff provides assistance in developing a plan to obtain permanent housing and employment.

Photos by:
Linda Barney - Photographer
Mack Barney - Editor
David Kincaid - Backdrop/Call tech

Vacaville Festival of Trees

What started out as a labor of love years ago has become a special holiday tradition in the Vacaville community, one that represents families, fun, giving, and the spirit of the holidays. Churches, businesses, organizations and individuals are the foundation of the Festival of Trees. It is people working together for a common cause, which has made it successful. The Festival relies completely on the efforts of local volunteers, and would not be possible without their involvement. This much anticipated event is the primary fundraiser for Opportunity House, Vacaville’s homeless shelter.

Each year the Festival of Trees presents a forest of beautiful Christmas trees, which will be auctioned off, to the highest bidder. This year will feature 100 elaborately decorated trees, each with its own unique theme.

At the end of the Festival, the coveted “People’s Choice” award is presented to the business, individual or organization whose tree is voted overall favorite. The 2009 Peoples Choice winner in the large tree category was: "Dreamin' of a Wild Christmas" sponsored by "The Wild Girls" and Fisher Construction and decorated by Cathy Houck, Lori Kahn, Linda Sousa, Dennie Hansen, Tiffany DeTomasi and Norma Watson. The winner in the mini-tree category was: "Copper Beauty" sponsored and decorated by Linda McHale.

2009 marked our 19th year of being the primary fundraiser for Opportunity House and we are pleased to present them with a check for $110,000 . If you would like to be a sponsor or volunteer in this community event, please contact us at our website which you will find listed on this page.

The 7th annual Festival Gala will be held on November 30, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. If you are interested in attending this exciting, semi-formal event you should purchase your tickets early as we have limited seating. Tickets are $65 per person. A reserved table for 10 is available for $1000. Please send your check payable to "Festival of Trees" to the address listed at the left of this page. This event is sold out each year so send your reservation request in early.

  2010 Festival hours:
    Tuesday, November 30th thru Thursday, December 2nd
     11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Friday December 3rd is wrap up day
Saturday December 4th is tree delivery day

Contact Us
Mailing Address:
P.O.Box 6593
Vacaville, Ca. 95696
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