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Record number attend Festival of Trees

There was a record number in attendance at the 19th Annual Festival of Trees event that took place last Thursday night at the GranTree Inn in Bozeman.

According to Festival of Trees Chairman and Liberty Place Executive Director Ann Geiger, over 290 attended the fundraising event.

Geiger said the fundraiser is hugely important to Liberty Place, as it helps them meet costs throughout the year.

"This helps to fund things like all of our Brain Injury Specific Programs, Music Therapy, Gardening Projects, Outings and Activities for our residents, maintenance on our facilities... the list goes on," Geiger said. "We are thankful for every dollar given and for every person who attends."

The 2017 event included both a silent and live auction with auctioneer Dean Folkvord.

During the silent auction, Michael Steel, a Music Therapy Intern for Liberty Place, provided musical entertainment.

During dinner, the Liberty Place Music Ensembles, directed by David Parker and co-directed by Steele, entertained the crowd with four numbers.

Geiger said the clients at Liberty Place are mostly funded through Montana Medicaid, and the expense of running the kind of quality service they do is not covered by what Medicaid pays.

"That is why we raise funds, so we can provide the kind of quality services that move people forward to a better quality of life," she said.

 

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