{"id":45807,"date":"2013-11-27T06:14:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=45807"},"modified":"2013-11-28T12:01:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T17:01:56","slug":"twig-groups-hold-tree-of-lights-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/11\/27\/twig-groups-hold-tree-of-lights-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Twig groups hold Tree of Lights event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert County Hospital information<\/i><\/p>\n

The volunteers of Twig III and Van Wert County Hospital illuminated the holiday sky at the 19th annual \u201cTree of Lights\u201d ceremony Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert County Hospital President\/CEO Mark Minick accepts a check from the Twig groups during Tuesday evening’s Tree of Lights ceremony. (VWCH photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In keeping with a 19-year tradition, the lighting of the tree in the front of the hospital marks the beginning of the holiday season.\u00a0The Tree of Lights is both a remembrance service and a TWIG III fundraiser in support of hospital programs.\u00a0 For a contribution, family members placed star ornaments on the tree. Twenty-eight stars were placed on the tree honoring or in memory of loved ones.<\/p>\n

The 19th annual event raised $2,400.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 1994, the Van Wert Community has been tremendously supportive of the Tree of Light project,\u201d \u00a0Dunn said. “With the generosity of Van Wert and surrounding communities, we have been able to give over $72,000 to the hospital for the purchase of the most up-to-date medical equipment available from this project alone. We are very grateful for that support\u201d.<\/p>\n

The evening started with an invocation from Pastor Steve Savage of Trinity Friends Church.\u00a0 Following the check presentation, Dunn read the names on the stars.\u00a0As the event concluded, attendees enjoyed a reception in the hospital cafeteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert County Hospital information The volunteers of Twig III and Van Wert County Hospital illuminated the holiday sky at the 19th annual \u201cTree of Lights\u201d ceremony Tuesday evening. In keeping with a 19-year tradition, the lighting of the tree in the front of the hospital marks the beginning of the holiday season.\u00a0The Tree of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 20:59:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}