MUSCATINE, Iowa — Eight Muscatine homes will light up for a good cause during Muscatine’s third annual Holiday Home Tour: Hope for a Cure fundraiser from 2-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6,

Daphne Donald of Muscatine and her mother, Dee Pulliam, also of Muscatine, founded the tour in honor of Donald’s son Ian, 20, who manages juvenille diabetes each day since being  diagnosed with the condition at age 13.

The self-guided tour invites ticket-holders to come inside the homes of area residents who volunteer to share their holiday decor and donate their hospitality to the event.

Maps to the homes are provided with the tickets.

Proceeds from ticket sales are donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and people who purchase tickets before Dec. 6 will be entered into a drawing for a variety of  door prizes including:

n A  holiday gift basket

n A holiday rug from Carriage House Carpet One

n BeautiControl spa gift basket.

Admission for the tour is $10 and tickets are on sale now at the following locations:

n Carriage House Carpet One, 121 E. Second St.

n Pro Hair Designs Salon and Spa, 214 Chestnut St.

n The Hall Tree, 208 W. Second St.

n The Lock Shop, 1009 Park Ave.

n Wester Drug, 315 E. Second St.

Tickets will be also available from 12-6 p.m. the day of the tour at each of the homes and at Pearl Plaza in downtown Muscatine where volunteers will answer questions and hand out tour maps.

Local musician and music teacher Lori Carroll will provide piano music at Pearl Plaza.

— Cynthia Beaudette

of the Muscatine Journal

Details

Homes on the Holiday Home Tour Tom and Ann Meeker — 101 W. Mississippi Drive, Suite 700

John and Joni Axel — 208 W. Second St., No. 300, Pearl Plaza

Mark and Ann Henthorn — 801 W. Third St.

Bill and Marci Stephens — 900 W. Third St.

Dave Armstrong — 200 Ash St. Dave and Kelly Peak — 1211 E. Mississippi Drive

John and Julie Jindrich —                  1314 Smalley Ave.

Michael and Molly Kraig —                  116 Lord Ave.