Tomah Health Hospice Touch and Palliative Care have scheduled a special event to help people remember family members and friends this holiday. Area residents are invited to give a true gift of love, with a Love Light donation to remember a special friend, relative or loved one.
“The holidays can be a difficult time for a lot of people when they have experienced loss, so offering something where they can combine the emotions, feelings and traditions of the holiday with the act of remembering their loved one is a unique yet a special way to remember those who they have loved,” said Shane Haynes, Tomah Health Hospice Touch & Palliative Care Chaplin and Bereavement coordinator.
Like previous Hospice Love Light events, residents can purchase a Love Light on the hospital’s website by Nov. 27. CLICK HERE
Photos of loved ones can also be downloaded online, which will be part of a presentation during the annual Hospice Love Light program and tree lighting ceremony scheduled Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Felton Professional Development Center at Tomah Health, 501 Gopher Dr., Tomah.
Hospice has been holding the event for 36 years, which Haynes said authenticates the popularity of the event. “I think it’s a real special evening. It’s somber, but it is joyful, and it gives people the opportunity to be among others who are also experiencing loss.”
Haynes said the ceremony will be videotaped and made available via social media for those people unable to attend.
Additional information on the Love Light event is available by contacting the Tomah Health Hospice office at (608)374-0250.