🎄 The Giving Tree: A Christmas Tree Celebration That Gives Back 🎄

Clinton Main Street presents The Giving Tree, a holiday celebration where every tree you decorate helps a local cause. On Saturday, December 12, 2026, decorated Christmas trees will fill the Rotary Building in Downtown Clinton, Missouri during Christmas on the Square.

We're inviting businesses, churches, clubs, organizations, families and individuals to decorate and donate a Christmas tree for a special holiday silent auction. Each tree benefits a charity or nonprofit chosen by the group that decorated it, so your creativity becomes a gift to our community.

It's FREE to participate, and space is limited.

✨ How It Works ✨

• Choose a theme and decorate an artificial Christmas tree (4–7.5 feet).
• Select a qualifying charity or nonprofit in Clinton or Henry County, MO, to benefit from your tree.
• Your decorated tree will be displayed at the Rotary Building during Christmas on the Square, December 12th.
• Visitors bid on the trees; auction proceeds benefit the charity of the group's choice. The bid winner gets the decorated tree.

🔨 Silent Auction Details 🔨

• Each tree will be sold through a silent auction with a $40 opening bid and $10 minimum bid increases.
• Proceeds benefit the designated charity of choice.
• Each participant selects one charity or qualifying nonprofit in Clinton or Henry County, MO (subject to Main Street approval).
• Winning bidders pay before collecting their trees; final auction and pickup details will be provided.

🌲 Tree Guidelines 🌲

• Artificial trees only, 4–7.5 feet tall.
• Trees must be clean, sturdy, have a secure stand and be fully decorated.
• Use family-friendly, securely attached decorations.
• Battery-powered LED lights are preferred. Electricity is not guaranteed.
• No live trees, open flames, or hazardous decorations.
• Clinton Main Street will assign each tree a space inside the Rotary Building.
• Participants arrange transportation and setup; trees stay until bidding ends that day.
• All trees, ornaments and accessories are donated and sold together. Do not include keepsakes or anything you need back.

📅 Important Dates 📅

• Registration deadline: November 30, 2026 (or when space is filled)
• Event and silent auction: Saturday, December 12, 2026, at the Rotary Building, Downtown Clinton

❤️ Every tree has a story. Every bid makes a difference. ❤️

Gather your team, your family or your friends, pick a theme and a cause close to your heart, and register below to reserve your tree's spot in this year's Giving Tree. Space is limited, so sign up before November 30.