Thursday 5th December 2024 7pm - Bedford Square Tavistock
Organised by The Lions Club of Tavistock
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Once again, the front of Tavistock Town Hall will be a mass of sparkling white lights when at 7pm on Thursday 5th December, Alan Wroath, the President of the Lions Club of Tavistock will switch on the “Trees of Light”. Bulbs on the three Christmas trees will have been sponsored by an individual or family in celebration of a memory of a loved one, a special occasion or indeed a happy event such as a birth. The money raised will go to local charities which this year will be Children’s Hospice South West, Derriford Children’s Cancer Services, Marie Curie (Tavistock & Yelverton) and Motor Neurone Disease Association (Plymouth). The switching on will be followed by the singing of carols accompanied by Stannary Brass and a short interdenominational service led by the local clergy. During the evening, the Lions will be serving hot drinks and mince pies.
This will be the twenty sixth year that the Lions Club have organised the trees and since it started with a single tree back in 1999, just over £160,000 has been raised and distributed to local charities.
