Saturday December 6th, 2014, marked the fifth annual Tree Lighting event held by the Bay City Alliance. Featuring live entertainment, music and dancing, a skating party, silent auction, refreshments and fun, the event was aimed at raising money for Child’s Play Charity, a 501c3 non-profit organisation offering on-line communities such as the Bay City Alliance an opportunity to help seriously ill children around the globe during their hospital stays with the purchase of games and gaming equipment.

In all, the event saw an amazing L$277,371 raised for Child’s Play, L$159,721 through the silent auction – the winning bids of which are still on display for the the time being at the Bay City Fairgrounds – and the remainder coming from donation from those attending / supporting the event, including a post-event donation.

The donation bins will remain out and available in the Fairgrounds through until the start of January 2015, to allow those who were unable to attend the Tree Lighting to contribute to fundraising efforts, if they so wish, and so they can be a part of the Bay City holiday and New Year celebrations, which will include a lighted boat parade and skate party, as well as the New Year’s Eve Prim Drop.

The Bay City Alliance wishes to thank all of those who donated goods and services to the auction: Vick Forcella, Robin Sojourner, Flowey, Pygar Bu, Whiskey Monday, Uccello Poultry, Benjamin Wahl, Zen Creations, %Percent, Lightning Video, Echelon Sands, ADudeNamed Anthony, and Black Tulip, as well as Apple Fall for their generous Linden donation.

Thanks have also been extended to the event’s performers, Beth Odets, Christov Kohnke, and GoSpeed Racer of KONA Stream, Marianne McCann for organising the event, Kinnaird and Rachel Seelowe for helping arrange for donation items, to Kriss Lehmann of Botanical for providing the tree and lights, residents of Bay City for their tree ornaments, and to all who donated, participated in the silent auction and joined in the fun f the event!

About Bay City and the Bay City Alliance

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab® and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest group for Residents of Bay City.