The annual tree lighting event at McLeod
Hospice is special to a lot of people but none more so than McLeod Hospice
patients and their families. The 27th annual "A Light for Someone You Love" tree
lighting ceremony will take place at 5:45 p.m. Thursday next to the new McLeod
Regional Medical Cancer Center under construction.
Each year the event brightens the community for the holiday season with hundreds of strands of lights on the trees. This year the lights will put a twinkle in the eyes of Jack Lawson's family. The family has been asked to light the trees this year in memory of Jack, who died from a battle with cancer November 2011. He was admired in the law community, spending the past three years as a 12th Circuit public defender following a stint with the 12th Circuit solicitor's office.
Lawson also was given the 2011 Ralph King Anderson Jr. Public Service Award from the Florence Bar Association.
"It will be bittersweet lighting the trees,Our Dimmable LED seamroofclampp are a great product for a variety of applications, but I know how much he would have loved it," Paula Lawson, Jack's widow,Corrugated Metals has included this ledstriplightopp tutorial to help our visitors understand the roll forming process. said. "It was always a big deal for our family to go look at the trees.Component Source offers a complete line of ledtrafficlight for ThyssenKrupp Elevator，" Paula said Christmas was also a big deal for Jack.
"The day after Thanksgiving, the whole house was totally decorated. There was Christmas music blaring throughout the house, even in his car," Paula said. He went straight into the hospital to get the treatment he needed.
"His one wish was to go home. Without McLeod Hospice, it wouldn't have happened. They [hospice] were an integral part in making the last two weeks of Jack's life bearable," Paula said.
No matter whom the family came in contact with, Paula said they were all a loving group of people. "Not only were they there for Jack, they took care of me, too."
McLeod Health special events coordinator Jeff Jeffords has been taking care of the annual event since its inception. This year is a little different because all the Bradford pear trees have been removed and replaced with 12 oak trees. The pear trees were at the end of their 20-plus year life cycle and needed to be replaced. The are also more than 60,000 LED lights. It takes a two-man crew almost two days to light one tree working on a dusk-till-dawn shift. Jeffords said although he enjoys doing it, it's harder to do than it looks.
"It's enjoyable, except when it gets down to 31 degrees at 3 a.m.. Makes you kind of wonder if you should be home in bed," he said with a laugh.
Jeffords has a perfect record for the climactic moment when the switch is flipped. He said seeing the children's and families faces the moment the lights come on is priceless.
"To me every one of those lights represents somebody in hospice that's passed or we've helped.Find table lamps, t5tube, and more for any room in the house. It's become a symbol and a highlight of Florence," he said.
Daniel Andalon, a field deputy for Council District 1 and a parent of student at Annandale Elementary School, will be organizing a children's crafts table for the event. Misty Iwatsu, director of the North Figueroa Association, has also pledged to chip in some food, as well.
Though the tree lighting is being organized at the last minute, Bedard said the the volunteers are motivated to make it a success.
"It's one of those situations like, 'I have a barn,Automobile liquid crystal sun visor, also known as Automobile liquid goodantiquelamp valve. who wants to put on a show?'" Bedard said. "I think more gets done when people step forward and say, 'I want to do this."
More help is being sought for the days leading up to the event and the day of the event itself, including volunteers to pass out fliers to publicize the event and carolers to sing songs during the lighting.
Each year the event brightens the community for the holiday season with hundreds of strands of lights on the trees. This year the lights will put a twinkle in the eyes of Jack Lawson's family. The family has been asked to light the trees this year in memory of Jack, who died from a battle with cancer November 2011. He was admired in the law community, spending the past three years as a 12th Circuit public defender following a stint with the 12th Circuit solicitor's office.
Lawson also was given the 2011 Ralph King Anderson Jr. Public Service Award from the Florence Bar Association.
"It will be bittersweet lighting the trees,Our Dimmable LED seamroofclampp are a great product for a variety of applications, but I know how much he would have loved it," Paula Lawson, Jack's widow,Corrugated Metals has included this ledstriplightopp tutorial to help our visitors understand the roll forming process. said. "It was always a big deal for our family to go look at the trees.Component Source offers a complete line of ledtrafficlight for ThyssenKrupp Elevator，" Paula said Christmas was also a big deal for Jack.
"The day after Thanksgiving, the whole house was totally decorated. There was Christmas music blaring throughout the house, even in his car," Paula said. He went straight into the hospital to get the treatment he needed.
"His one wish was to go home. Without McLeod Hospice, it wouldn't have happened. They [hospice] were an integral part in making the last two weeks of Jack's life bearable," Paula said.
No matter whom the family came in contact with, Paula said they were all a loving group of people. "Not only were they there for Jack, they took care of me, too."
McLeod Health special events coordinator Jeff Jeffords has been taking care of the annual event since its inception. This year is a little different because all the Bradford pear trees have been removed and replaced with 12 oak trees. The pear trees were at the end of their 20-plus year life cycle and needed to be replaced. The are also more than 60,000 LED lights. It takes a two-man crew almost two days to light one tree working on a dusk-till-dawn shift. Jeffords said although he enjoys doing it, it's harder to do than it looks.
"It's enjoyable, except when it gets down to 31 degrees at 3 a.m.. Makes you kind of wonder if you should be home in bed," he said with a laugh.
Jeffords has a perfect record for the climactic moment when the switch is flipped. He said seeing the children's and families faces the moment the lights come on is priceless.
"To me every one of those lights represents somebody in hospice that's passed or we've helped.Find table lamps, t5tube, and more for any room in the house. It's become a symbol and a highlight of Florence," he said.
Daniel Andalon, a field deputy for Council District 1 and a parent of student at Annandale Elementary School, will be organizing a children's crafts table for the event. Misty Iwatsu, director of the North Figueroa Association, has also pledged to chip in some food, as well.
Though the tree lighting is being organized at the last minute, Bedard said the the volunteers are motivated to make it a success.
"It's one of those situations like, 'I have a barn,Automobile liquid crystal sun visor, also known as Automobile liquid goodantiquelamp valve. who wants to put on a show?'" Bedard said. "I think more gets done when people step forward and say, 'I want to do this."
More help is being sought for the days leading up to the event and the day of the event itself, including volunteers to pass out fliers to publicize the event and carolers to sing songs during the lighting.
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