Fourth annual holiday house tour raises more than $23,000 for hospital

WARWICK n After enjoying a continental style breakfast at Mount Alverno Center, the early arrivals from 460 ticket holders to this year’s “Winding Through Warwick” Holiday House Tour set out to visit some of Warwick’s most charming homes ranging from the historic and traditional to the contemporary. And, as usual, the owners decorated each home in traditional as well as unique ways for the season. The weather was cool enough for the visitors to enjoy the warm fireplaces lit for the occasion and the hot drinks served in many of the homes. Proceeds from the annual “Winding Through Warwick” Holiday House Tour, will be used to benefit the Warwick Healthcare Campus of Bon Secours Charity Health System, which includes St. Anthony Community Hospital, Schervier Pavilion and Mount Alverno Center, as it purchases new equipment, provides community health care programs and makes vital facility improvements. This year’s house tour included the Sanzone Home, Warwickshire Bed and Breakfast, the Zoufaly Home, the McHale Home, the Glenwood House, Bed and Breakfast, the Holton-Smith Home and the Sass Home. Visitors also enjoyed “The Annual Festival of Trees,” displays in lobbies of Mount Alverno Center and Schervier Pavilion. The “Festival of Trees,” showcases holiday trees and wreaths decorated by individuals, businesses and organizations. The trees are voted upon by visitors and then made available for purchase through silent auction bidding. Sponsors for both events included “Ask Tamara” Health Foods, Avon by Ellen Mital, Bink, Inc., Bonnie Oswald State Farm Insurance, Borgmeier & Alario, CPA’s, Carol Bundenthal, The Catering House of Ed Fava, The Copper Bottom, Country Dream Restaurant, Dwayne’s Glass Works, Eclectic Eye, Forever Jewelers, General’s Garden, Gilsenan Designs, Grammy’s Garden, Decorator, Greenwood Forest Farms Assoc., Nancy Hansen Decorative Painting, Barbara Moore, Peck’s Wine & Spirits, Ruby Homes, Smith Barney, Vein Center of the Hudson Valley and Warwick Valley Auto Body, Werner’s True Value Hardware, The Magical Cleaners, Central Deli & Catering, Doncaster, Warwick Valley B & B, G’s Restaurant, Warwick’s Helpful Hand, Yesterday’s, Pioneer Restaurant, Boss Construction, Warwick Grove, Country Chevrolet Saab, Charlotte’s Tea Room, Anthony Kelvasa, Jr. Attorney at Law, ERA LAD Realty, La Petite Cuisine, Wadeson Home Center, Inc., Stage, Nathans & Ziobro, LLP, St. Anthony ICU Department, Schervier Pavilion, Kennedy Companies, Mount Alverno Center, A Fish Out of Water, WVT Communications, A Country Life, Sandfordville, “Fun Time” Aftercare, Warwick Community Center, St. Stephens/St. Edwards Elementary, Creative Kids Preschool, UMAC, Ajello Candles, St. Anthony Community Hospital Administration, Warwick Valley Gardens, Newhards, Emmerick Painting, Mine! Mine! Mine!, Warwick Healthcare Campus Human Resource Department, Rockport Kitchens & Bath, & St. Anthony Community Hospital Reception.