Lights of Love, 2010 | Eastern North Carolina Now

For Immediate Release:

    Annual Lights of Love Tree Lighting Ceremony to be held Thursday, December 2nd, 2010.

    (Washington, NC) - Beaufort County Medical Center's annual Lights of Love tree-lighting ceremony will be held Thursday, December 2nd at 6 p.m. on the Medical Center campus. The Lights of Love Tree Lighting ceremony is open to the public.

    The celebration will feature Christmas music entertainment by a kid's choir from First Church of Christ and the St. John Church of Christ Choir. There will be a special appearance by Santa Claus and children will have the opportunity to share their Christmas wishes and have their picture taken with him.

    Part of the Lights of Love tradition is the annual children's art contest. Each year, Beaufort County students from kindergarten-through-fifth grade are invited to participate in the Lights of Love Art Contest. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place winners from each grade. Contest drawings are displayed along the hospital's main corridor throughout the month of December.

    This year the Medical Center offers a special thanks to several employees, community members as well as local businesses and organizations for underwriting the cost of this year's tree lighting ceremony.

    Donations to Lights of Love are used to fund projects that promote health care education, improve community wellness, support and enhance patient care, and provide amenities that make our hospital more comfortable for patients and visitors.

    This year Lights of Love donations have funded rocker gliders for the patient rooms in the Women's Services department and new lobby furniture for the outpatient physical therapy department. In addition, three projects are being funded by the Lights of Love Endowment held by the North Carolina Community Foundation. Projects funded by the Endowment include an automatic handicap door entry system for the Orthopedic Services building, portable DVD players for patient education and pediatric distraction in the Emergency Department and audiovisual equipment for the health system's Education Department.


Pam Shadle

Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Beaufort Regional Health System

252-975-4134 (office)
252-945-3806 (cell)
pshadle@brhealthsystem.org