WHEELING — It’s a festival about the beauty of Christmas trees, but at its heart it is all about raising funds to help those without proper insurance get health care.

The Festival of Trees kicked off Friday inside the Pine Room at Oglebay Park. The trees will be on display there from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Saturday, Nov. 15.

Cost to enter is $3 for adults and $1 for children, with proceeds benefitting Wheeling Health Right.

Rebecca Niess, co-chair in charge of decorations for this year’s Festival of Trees, reports decorators began setting up trees for the event last Sunday. The festival committee provides the trees to the decorators, and the decorators bring their skills and ornaments.

“We set the trees up and fluff them all out,” she said. “That way, the decorators can come right i

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