Because of construction on the Main Campus, the celebration will be held in the atrium on the Lanier Park Campus on White Sulphur Road in Gainesville.
The Love Light tree, itself, will be atop the Outpatient Services building on the Main Campus.
The Love Light Celebration is sponsored by The Medical Center Auxiliary and is a celebration of Love Light donations made throughout the year. Love Light donations support Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, which provides in-home nursing care for patients with a life-limiting illness.
For a minimum donation of $10, a light will be placed on the tree. Donations of $100 or more are designated as "Star" gifts, and donations of $500 or more are "Angel" gifts. Love Light donations can be made year-round in honor or memory of someone, and that person or the family will receive a card notifying them of the gift.
"We are blessed to have the services of Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center available in our community, allowing terminally ill patients to remain in their homes with their families and loved ones," says Michelle Weidner, who, along with her husband, Geoffrey Weidner, MD, serves as chairs of the 2007 Love Light celebration. "The funds raised through Love Light donations have a major impact on the services provided to Hospice patients throughout northeast Georgia, and the needs that are met by Love Light donations would not happen without these gifts."
This year's Love Light tree, a 30 ft. spruce, was given by Doris Lindsey and David Head of Gainesville. The Medical Center Auxiliary is dedicating the tree to the late Charles R. "Chuck" Frissell, a long-time Medical Center volunteer who served as Chaplain and with the Auxiliary's Courtesy Shuttle Service. Chuck also served as First Vice-President of the Auxiliary's Executive Board. The Love Light tree will be lit by Dr. Frank Lake, radiation oncologist and medical director of Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, who will also make remarks at the tree lighting celebration.
The program will spotlight a brief selection of holiday music by local schools including East Hall High School Brass Ensemble, Friendship Elementary fourth and fifth grade chorus, North Hall Middle School eighth grade ensemble, Johnson High School Chorus and soloist Stephen Greene. A children's ornament decorating contest also will be a part of the festivities. All ornaments submitted will be displayed on a giant holiday tree banner in the Lanier Park Campus atrium, and the winners of the contest will be announced during the Love Light celebration.
To make a donation or for more information about Love Light, please call the Volunteer Services Department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center at 770-535-3394.
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