Remembrance Tree Dec. 2

remembrance 3The annual Remembrance Tree ceremony is set for Sunday, December 2, at 2 p.m. at the EKU Center for the Arts.

The event is a long-standing tradition for the community, bringing hundreds together on the first Sunday in December for 25 years.

The Remembrance Tree ceremony gives the community a chance to remember loved ones during the holiday season by placing a personalized memorial ornament on a remembrance tree. Hospice Care Plus sponsors the event as part of its bereavement program, which provides grief support services to the community.

“Our bereavement program has always recognized that the holidays can be a hard time for people who’ve lost loved ones, even when those remembrance 2losses aren’t recent,” says Chasity Coleman, director of development at Hospice Care Plus. “It’s a time of year when their absence is felt so strongly, yet there isn’t a built-in way to acknowledge that hole they’ve left behind. The Remembrance Tree seems to do that for people. It gives us an outlet for those feelings.”

After an opening prayer and holiday music, the ceremony continues with the reading of memorial names. Guests place their personalized ornament on the Remembrance Tree when they hear their loved one’s name.  If the person who requested the memorial ornament is unable to attend, a Hospice Care Plus staff remembrance 1member will place it on the tree for them.

After the ceremony, the ornaments will be taken to Hospice’s Compassionate Care Center and placed on the Center’s Christmas tree. Guests who wish to take their personalized ornament home with them may do so immediately following the ceremony, or they can claim them at the Compassionate Care Center anytime between December 6 and 31.

Anyone can request a memorial ornament. There is no fee for ornaments, but a donation–of any size–is encouraged. To request an ornament, visit our secure site, call 859-986-1500 or 1-800-806-5492 during business hours, email hospice@hospicecp.org, or visit the Facebook event page. Proceeds from the ceremony cover the cost of the ornaments and help fund all programs offered by Hospice Care Plus.

Hospice Care Plus is a non-profit organization serving Estill, Jackson, Lee, Madison, Owsley, and Rockcastle counties. Services include hospice care, palliative care, bereavement outreach, and hospice inpatient care at the Compassionate Care Center.  All services are provided regardless of ability to pay.

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