Community invited to ALMH ceremony that honors loved ones

[November 28, 2008]  For Linda Myers, it's a holiday tradition to take time out of her schedule to honor loved ones who have died.

For 18 years, she's done so by supporting Light Up A Life, a community program in support of the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation. This year Myers made donations in memory of her husband, Bob, who died in 2005, as well as her parents and a special aunt.

"It's so important to me, especially during the holidays, to remember family members who are no longer with me," Myers said. "I really enjoying going to the ceremony at ALMH with some of my family members so that we can pay tribute to those very special loved ones."

The community is invited to attend the Light Up A Life ceremony, which will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the circle drive at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

John and Frankie Guzzardo, co-chairs of this year's Light Up A Life campaign, will offer a brief program and invocation, followed by the lights presentation.

Everyone is invited inside the hospital afterward for a soup and chili meal.

Families and individuals may still send tribute gifts in memory of someone who has died or in honor of individuals still living. The suggested donation amount is $10 per name, with proceeds benefiting patient care at ALMH.

Each Light Up A Life tribute directly benefits patient care in Logan County. Gifts may be designated to purchase medical equipment at ALMH, fund scholarships for future ALMH health care providers, pay for dental services on the H.O.P.E. Mobile or provide unrestricted support for future ALMH projects.

Names received by Dec. 5 will be acknowledged in a special Christmas Eve insert of the Lincoln Courier and in a searchable database in Lincoln Daily News through the month of January.

Light Up A Life is a program of the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation, a not-for-profit entity organized in 1986 to raise funds for Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Donors may send Light Up A Life gifts to ALHF at 315 Eighth St. in Lincoln.

More information about the campaign, including a link to a secure online giving form, is available at www.almh.org.

[Text from file received from the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation]