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Latest News: For Immediate Release: December 9, 2011 Community Hospice Illuminates "Tree of Life" Jacksonville, Fla. – More than 400 people attended the 21th annual Tree of Life and Service of Remembrance at the Community Hospice of Northeast Florida Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring on December 8, 2011. The event featured lights, representing the more than 76,000 adults and children that Community Hospice has served in its 33-year history, illuminating the Tree of Life, as well as the campus of the Hadlow Center on Sunbeam Road. Along with carriage rides, live music and refreshments, the event also featured a candlelight Service of Remembrance to help families celebrate the lives of deceased loved ones. Attendees were invited to bring photos of their loved ones for display on memory tables. “For many, the holidays are a meaningful time for families to gather together and celebrate. For those who are missing a loved one this holiday season, it can be difficult to join the celebrations,” comments Roxanne Miller, manager of bereavement and community grief for Community Hospice. “Personally and professionally, I have seen how this remembrance can help add special meaning to the season.” Three trees decorated with memorial ribbons are on display in front of the Hadlow Center from December 8 until January 4. For a donation of $25 to the Community Hospice Foundation, a ribbon with a loved one’s name is placed on the Tree of Life. A donation of $50 or more includes a handcrafted porcelain ornament keepsake. For details, go to communityhospice.com. The Community Hospice Foundation provides funding for unfunded and underfunded Community Hospice programs, including Community PedsCare®, indigent hospice care and the programs and services of the Charles M. Neviaser Educational Institute. A tradition for the past 21 years, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida has provided a unique and loving way to remember loved ones during the holidays through its Tree of Life and Service of Remembrance. The December 8th event, held at the Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring campus on Sunbeam Road, featured 1,065 memorial ribbons and illuminating lights, representing the more than 76,000 adults and children that Community Hospice has served in its 33-year history.
About Community Hospice of Northeast Florida Established in 1979, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida is the first and only community-based, nonprofit hospice provider to serve residents of the First Coast. Each day, through the support of approximately 850 employees and approximately 750 volunteers, the organization helps approximately 1,200 patients and their families live better with advanced illness. During its 33-year history, Community Hospice has served more than 76,000 adults and children in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties—at home, in long term care and assisted living facilities, in hospitals and at its five inpatient care centers. The organization is committed to improving the quality of life for patients and their families and to be the compassionate guide for end-of-life care in our community. No one is ever denied care due to an inability to pay. To learn more about the support and services of Community Hospice, visit communityhospice.com. # # #
Community Hospice and Community Hospice Foundation are service marks of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Inc., and Community PedsCare is a registered service mark of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Inc.
Contact: Communications Specialist 904.407.6132
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