Tree of Love

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GRAND ISLAND-Honor a special loved one this holiday season with a personalized Christmas ornament for CHI Health’s annual Tree of Love. Sponsored by the Foundation at CHI Health St. Francis, this cherished tradition offers a meaningful way to remember those who have touched our lives while supporting the hospital’s healing mission.

The Tree of Love will be on display starting Dec. 4 throughout the Christmas season. The community is invited to order an acrylic '2025 snow globe' ornament engraved with a personalized message memorializing someone special. Ornaments can also mark a special anniversary, commemorate a new baby, celebrate a couple’s first Christmas or other milestones. Each ornament costs $20. All proceeds benefit the St. Francis Foundation.

The public is invited to attend a blessing ceremony for the ornaments and the Tree of Love on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 11:30 a.m. The ceremony will be held in the main lobby at St. Francis.

At St. Francis in Grand Island, families may take home their sponsored ornaments after the blessing ceremony. Any remaining ornaments will be hung on the St. Francis Tree of Love each year.

To sponsor an ornament for the St. Francis Tree of Love, visit give.chihealth.com/SFF-TOL or call the Foundation at 308-398-5400.

The order deadline is Nov. 24.

All proceeds from the St. Francis Tree of Love will support Project Care, the hospital’s patient assistance fund, to help patients and their families with needs related to their medical care, such as medications, hotel accommodations, meals and others.

“The generosity of our donors is truly invaluable. Their contributions are instrumental in our mission to make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve,” says Melissa Griffith, director of the St. Francis Foundation.