Hospice in the News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: December 1, 2009
Contact: Gina Maramag, Community Marketing & Design
Phone: Work: (716) 686-8325;
Cellphone/Evenings/Weekends: (716) 207-0503
Email: gmaramag@palliativecare.org

MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

DATE: Sat., Dec. 5, 2009
TIME: 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Front lawn of CTG, 800 Delaware Ave., Buffalo

DETAILS: HOSPICE LIGHT-A-LIFE MEMORIAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY

Approximately 500 people are expected to attend the annual Hospice Buffalo "LIGHT-A-LIFE" Memorial Tree Lighting ceremony this Saturday. The Hospice Foundation's 21st Annual LIGHT-A-LIFE Memorial Trees will glitter with lights and over 1,600 tags honoring loved ones. The trees will remain lit throughout the month of December. The ceremony will be led by a bagpiper, drummer and the Westminster Presbyterian Church choir. In addition, Hospice Foundation board member, Dana Dee, will share her personal Hospice story and will light the trees immediately following the brief ceremony.
The LIGHT-A-LIFE Memorial Trees are sponsored by CTG, M&T Bank and Amigone Funeral Home, Inc.
Donations to the Hospice Foundation help Hospice to provide comfort and care to more than 600 patients a days in homes, hospitals, nursing homes and at the Hospice Mitchell Campus in Cheektowaga.

VISUALS:
1. Five (5) 8-foot evergreen trees decorated with over 1,600 tags with loved ones' names on them. One 16-foot tree, decorated by The Trillium's Courtyard will anchor the semi-circle of 8-foot trees.
2. Bell choir of the Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral in Lancaster will perform from 3:55-4:25 p.m.
3. Bagpiper and the Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir (4:30 pm)
4. Official lighting of the trees.
5. Crowd enjoying Williamsville Place Starbucks complimentary hot chocolate, coffee and cookies baked by Hospice Volunteers (4-4:30 p.m. and 5-5:30 p.m.)