{"id":2317,"date":"2007-12-05T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T15:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2008-08-29T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T15:29:00","slug":"tree-of-light-ceremony-a-warming-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=2317","title":{"rendered":"Tree of Light ceremony a warming success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Special ceremony: Shown are students of St. Matthew\u2019s School Choir with their choir director Karen Mayhew as they prepare for their vocal performance at the Tyrone Hospital Development Council\u2019s Tree of Light ceremony. In the background is one of the holiday trees bearing angels purchased through donations. Also pictured is Sierra Morrison of Tyrone at the Tree of Light ceremony as she selects a spot for her angel on one of the trees. Sierra\u2019s family honored her by making a donation to the Tree of Light and placing her name on an angel. (Courtesy photo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It was blustery and snowy Monday night but the main lobby at Tyrone Hospital was filled with warm hearts, glowing faces, and the heavenly sound of children\u2019s voices as the Tyrone Hospital Development Council conducted its 7th annual Tree of Light ceremony.
\nThe ceremony included comments made by Randy Miles, Sr., Development Council Chairman; Phil DeHaas, Vice President of the hospital\u2019s board of directors and Walter S. Van Dyke, the hospital\u2019s CEO. A spiritual message was delivered by retired Chaplain Joan Smith. Vocal selections were provided by the St. Matthew\u2019s School choir. The student choir from St. Matthew\u2019s has performed at the ceremony for the past several years.
\nThe Tree of Light ceremony is held annually in conjunction with the Development Council\u2019s Annual Tree of Light fundraiser to benefit Tyrone Hospital. Individuals may make a donation to place an angel on holiday trees located in the hospital\u2019s main lobby. The angels may bear the names of loved ones living, those who are deceased, or the name of a business or organization. During the ceremony, a 35-foot spruce tree located in front of the hospital\u2019s main entrance is illuminated in white lights and remains illuminated throughout the holiday season.
\nDonations to the Tree of Light will be used to buy trapezius bed assemblies for use on patient beds. The trapezius bed assemblies are accessories that hang above a patient\u2019s bed. Patients grab onto the trapeze to change their position in bed and to provide assistance to get out of bed and into a chair. The estimated cost to purchase this equipment is $3,000.
\nAngels may be purchased for the Tree of Light through the end of December. Forms are available for pick-up in the main lobby of the hospital or by calling the hospital\u2019s marketing office at 684-6348. The donation for each name being honored or remembered is $5 or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Special ceremony: Shown are students of St. Matthew\u2019s School Choir with their choir director Karen Mayhew as they prepare for their vocal performance at the Tyrone Hospital Development Council\u2019s Tree of Light ceremony. In the background is one of the holiday trees bearing angels purchased through donations. Also pictured is Sierra Morrison of Tyrone at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}