Planning for the 2011 Holiday Home Tour is underway and the Home Tour League is seeking Santa Clarita Valley homes, 3,000 square feet or larger, for this year’s holiday tradition.

For more than 30 years, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital’s Holiday Home Tour League has offered the community an opportunity to visit Santa Clarita Valley homes elaborately decorated for the holiday season. This year’s Home Tour will take place on Saturday, December 3, 2011.

There are many advantages to sharing one’s home for the holidays.  In addition to supporting Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital’s new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, qualifying homeowners can select to have a professional designer decorate their home for the holidays in a theme of their choice, or decorate the home themselves.  The Home Tour League offers a stipend to assist with decorating expenses.

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In addition, homeowners receive four complimentary tickets to the Home Tour and two tickets for the Home Tour Preview Gala. A complimentary reservation at a local hotel the evening prior to the Home Tour is offered.

The Preview Gala, held the night before the Home Tour on Friday, December 2, offers guests a sneak preview of the homes during the evening hours when the glow from holiday lights create a beautiful festive scene.

Since its inception, the Holiday Home Tour League has raised over $700,000 for women’s services at Henry Mayo, purchasing vital, state-of-the-art equipment and helping to expand hospital services. Currently, the efforts of the Home Tour League benefit the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), scheduled to open in 2011.

Homeowners interested in this opportunity may contact the hospital’s Volunteer Services department at (661) 253-8051.

For more information on the Henry Mayo Holiday Home Tour League visit www.henrymayo.com