Help raise money for breast cancer research and add new ornaments to your tree at the annual Joan Giboney Tree of Hope untrimming party and ornament sale in the UC Davis Cancer Center lobby on Thursday, Dec. 16, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Holiday cookies and punch will be served. Local choral groups will perform holiday songs.

The professionally decorated, 15-foot tree, trimmed with more than 700 ornaments and 2,000 lights, is the legacy of the late Joan Giboney, a Lodi interior designer who wanted to raise the spirits of her fellow cancer patients during the holidays. Her family and friends have carried on the tradition in her memory. This year's tree will be decorated in a winter-wonderland theme. Tree and ornaments can be viewed in the Cancer Center lobby from Friday, Nov. 19, through the sale. All proceeds go to breast cancer research at UC Davis Cancer Center. For more information call (916) 734-5800.