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Kennedy Krieger Institute

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Patapsco Students Build Gingerbread House for Festival of Trees

Students count Summer Olympics among the inspirations for their creation.

If you're headed to this year's Festival of Trees, make sure you check out an ambitious creation designed and built by Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts students. Members of the school's National Art Honor Society built a gingerbread house for the annual event that benefits the Kennedy-Krieger Institute. "Their design this year of Big Ben coming out of a pocket watch with Michael Phelps as Santa was inspired by the 2012 Olympics, an interest (in) British literature, and a nod to Doctor Who," magnet coordinator Liberty Grayek said in an email to Dundalk Patch. The creation will be on view at the festival and one lucky winner will be able to buy it through an auction at the event, according to Grayek. The Festival of Trees will be…

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Photo Gallery: Festival of Trees Returns to Timonium

Annual winter wonderland fundraiser for Kennedy Krieger Institute takes place Thursday to Sunday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds.

Santa and his sleigh are making an early pitstop in Timonium Thursday for the 22nd annual Kennedy Krieger Institute Festival Of Trees. The annual fundraiser welcomes families to enjoy rows of creatively decorated Christmas tress, a playland for children, live entertainment every hour on the hour and much more. All money raised goes toward the Kennedy Krieger Institute.  "We're looking forward to all the families coming out with their happy smiling faces," said Lainey Lebow-Sachs, executive vice president for Kennedy Krieger. "For me the best part is walking around watching the kids and parents and having such a good time—taking their holiday, Christmas card pictures in front of the gingerbreads or the trees." The Festival Of Trees broke …

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