Festival of Trees
Every year, the Festival of Trees transforms The Fairmont Empress into a lush forest of beautifully decorated trees to raise funds for BC Children’s Hospital. As sponsors of this event, local businesses, organizations and individuals decorate the trees - in a sometimes wacky, often irreverent and always beautiful fashion. The trees are then displayed throughout The Fairmont Empress over the holiday season, beginning mid-November and then wrapping up during the first week of January.
The Festival of Trees was created to help raise funds in support of BC Children's Hospital, the only pediatric health care facility for children in the province. Children's Hospital sees more than 2,500 patients from Vancouver Island every year. Supporters of the Festival of Trees have helped thousands of children who have benefited through research, educational programs and the purchase of vital life saving equipment.
