Holiday House Tour

With the donation of $5,000, Home Federal Savings & Loan is DCI’s newest Silver Benefactor.  Partnership like this help improve our community events.

Press release:

HOLIDAY SEASON HOUSE TOUR RETURNS TO DOWNTOWN COLLINSVILLE ON DECEMBER 5, 2009; Home Federal Sponsoring Event to Benefit Downtown Collinsville Inc. and Boy Scout Venture Crew 48

Collinsville Ill., November 2, 2009 – The public is invited to come inside nine distinctive Collinsville homes and cultural sites to experience their lavish holiday decorations and seasonal family traditions during the Collinsville Holiday House  Tour on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 2:00 – 8:00 p.m.  The self-guided tour will begin at the historic Blum House in downtown Collinsville, where refreshments, program books and assistance from Downtown Collinsville Inc. volunteers and members of Boy Scout Venture Crew 48 will be available for those taking the tour.

Tickets to the house tour are $10 each, and can be purchased in advance at Ashmann’s Pharmacy, 209 East Main Street in Collinsville, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. daily, or by calling 558-1372.  Tickets will also be available for purchase at Blum House on the day of the event.  Groups are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Proceeds from the Collinsville Holiday House Tour will benefit Downtown Collinsville Inc. and Boy Scout Venture Crew 48 from St. Johns UCC, Collinsville.  Home Federal Savings & Loan is the corporate sponsor of the event.

“The Holiday Hour Tour was a very popular annual event in Collinsville for many years,” said Tami Springer, a member of the Downtown Collinsville Inc. board of directors and organizer of this year’s event.  “We’re very excited to bring this event back after an absence of several years.  Thanks to the help of Home Federal Savings & Loan, it should be bigger and better than ever before.”

For more information on the 2009 Collinsville Holiday House tour, call 558-1372.

Downtown Collinsville Inc. is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Collinsville by strengthening the downtown as the center of the community through concentrated efforts of volunteerism in organization, promotion, design, and economic restructuring.  Visit www.DowntownCollinsville.com.

Home Federal Savings & Loan offers a full range of savings accounts, checking accounts, home loans, property improvement loans, IRAs and CDs for individuals and families.  Founded in 1887, Home Federal has two locations in Collinsville and Maryville. Visit www.HomeFed24.com

Click to view Christmas Chorale poster.

Snowman will be past out the week before Thanksgiving for Pre-school thru 4th Grades. Stroll down Main Street. Enter any building displaying a blue snowman flier in their window. See if you are a winner! Ribbons for 1st – 2nd – & 3rd place.

Prizes must be claimed by December 12th.

Didn’t receive a coloring sheet?- no worries. Pick up a copy at the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, 221 West Main Street, or the Collinsville Memorial Public Library Center, 408 West Main Street.
Start Date: 2009-12-04
End Date: 2009-12-12

The Christmas in Collinsville Holiday Home Tour begins at the Blum House, 414 West Main, Collinsville.

Tickets Cost $10.00. There are 9 stops on the tour. Shopping opportunities await you along with touring of private homes.
Start Time: 2:00
Date: 2009-12-05
End Time: 7:00

This is an invitation only event. Event begins at 6:00pm at Home Federal Savings and Loan.
Start Time: 6:00
Date: 2009-12-04
End Time: 7:00

In time for Christmas Giving – Buy Local – Buy Original – Buy Art!

Jewelry – Woodworking – Baskets – Candy – Art Prints – Needlework – Local Author’s book signings & more
Start Date: 2009-12-04
End Date: 2009-12-05

Click to view Holiday Art Festival Poster.

Tickets for this merry event are free and recommended. Pick up your tickets at the Collinsville Memorial Public Library Center, the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, or CARD Activity Center.

Don’t miss the carriage rides on Main Street sponsored by McLanahan Automotive, and be sure to stop by the UrBaN aRt Co. Op. for the children’s craft area.
Start Time: Noon
Date: 2009-12-05
End Time: 4:00

Click to view Christmas in Collinsville poster.