The third annual Christmas Tree Lane presented by BCF Group has come to an end and the winners have been announced. This event, coordinated by the Lancaster Barnstormers with the help of businesses and hosts across Lancaster County, raised over $24,000 to give back to area nonprofit organizations.

Christmas Tree Lane celebrates the holiday season with businesses sponsoring and decorating themed Christmas trees to raise money for local nonprofit organizations. This holiday season, in partnership with Fig Magazine, the Lancaster Office of Promotion, Discover Lancaster, and the Lancaster City Alliance, decorated trees were placed in businesses throughout Lancaster County in an effort to draw traffic into small businesses and inspire shopping local.

Members of the Lancaster community were invited to vote for their favorite trees by making a donation. All proceeds will benefit the nonprofit organizations the trees represented.

The three trees with the most votes earned additional donations for their nonprofit organizations. They are Ooh La Lashes/East Donegal Constable/EDC Medical Services benefiting Walking Forward Together in first place with 2,638 votes; T-Mobile benefiting A Tail to Tell in second place with 2,295 votes; and Medan Initiative benefiting Medan Initiative in third place with 1,656 votes.

The tree benefiting Walking Forward Together was hosted at Zoetropolis & Lancaster Distilleries, and Walking Forward Together will receive an additional $1,000 donation. The tree benefiting A Tail to Tell was hosted at T-Mobile in Park City Center, and A Tail to Tell will receive an additional $750 donation. The tree benefiting Medan Initiative was hosted at New Holland Coffee Company and will receive an additional $500 donation.

A judging panel also determined its favorite trees by decoration and creativity. This year's Christmas Tree Lane judges were Annie Weeks, director of LOOP; Marshall Snively, president of Lancaster City Alliance; and Rick White, president of the Atlantic League.

The judges' top three favorite decorated trees are Blake Collins Group benefiting YWCA Lancaster hosted at Our Town Brewery and receiving an additional $1,000 donation, first place; Ream Jewelers benefiting American Cancer Society, which will receive an additional $750 donation, second place; and Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital hosting a tree benefiting NAMI, which will receive an additional $500 donation, third place.

For more information, readers may contact Alex Bunn at 717-358-9875 or abunn@lancasterbarnstormers.com.