Overview

• The Arbeitsgemeinschaft City Berlin opened the “Schenke Berlin Dein Licht” campaign to close the funding gap for the boulevard’s festive illumination.
• Donors choose an amount on the campaign site and can adopt a patronage for segments of the display, receiving a certificate in return.
• Installation is scheduled to start in October, with more than one million lights planned to switch on from the week after Totensonntag on 23 November through 6 January.
• The core plan covers trees on Tauentzien and Kurfürstendamm between Breitscheidplatz and Schlüterstraße, with a possible extension to Halensee depending on patronages and sponsorships.
• Organizers continue to seek corporate sponsors, noting that donations totaled about €350,000 last year, short of the roughly €600,000 needed for full coverage including light figures and without Senate funding.