For over a decade, the Sugar Plum Tour has been a cherished Akron holiday tradition — with many people marking the calendar a full year in advance for the next tour!! Over the years, over 50 homes have been on tour, and over 3000 people have experienced the twinkling lights, roaring fires, sparkling trees, and extraordinary holiday decorations of homes throughout the greater Akron area. The tour has raised in excess of $240,000 for the Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation!
We look forward to seeing you at this year's tour! If you'd like to volunteer, sponsor, or have an idea for a future home, please send an email to:chair@sugarplumtour.org.
To learn more about the organizations GCEF has awarded grants to, please visit GCEF GRANT LIST.
ABOUT THE SUGAR PLUM TOUR:
2012 Sugar Plum Tour, Sunday, December 2nd from 2 to 5:30pm. Order your tickets today!
The 11th annual Sugar Plum Tour of Gracious Holiday Homes is just around the corner! Once again, visitors will enjoy a day touring five great Akron area homes decked out in holiday finery. And patron level ticket buyers will enjoy the end of tour Patron Party at a sixth fantastic home in Bath. This year's homes are stunners - and the patron home must be seen to be believed! Order tickets early as the tour often sells out in advance. We look forward to seeing you at the Sugar Plum Tour, the major annual fundraiser for Gay Community Endowment Fund.
The 2012 Sugar Plum Tour is a real winner! The five homes this year, plus the Patron Home, each have a unique story. One is a stucco, Arts & Crafts Style home from the teens decorated with 18 trees, including a marathon tree. Meade & Hamilton designed the Free English Manorial Style home from the twenties. These architects are known for designing many structures listed on the National Register. A 1910 home on Merriman Road owned by two generations of the same family is filled with family antiques and memorabilia, and a tree in every room. A WW II cape cod has been enlarged to almost triple the original, adding angles, levels, raised ceilings, and and walls of windows, giving it a far more contemporary feel. The oldest house (1876/1910) is actually two that share a common wall. It was lived in by four generations of the same family, until the current owners bought it and totally renovated it, even building on more space. There will be a Celebrity Santa in this Primitive Christmas Home. The Patron Home is the owner's dream home, finished ten years ago, made of stone and natural materials. The turrets, angles and style give it an old world feel. The tour will definitely set you in the Christmas mood, and all net proceeds will be added to the Gay Community Endowment Fund, the income from which will continue to be granted annually to worthy Akron area organizations and programs. Enjoy this video of past tour highlights by tour volunteer Mark Williams!
