Making a donation
After thoughtful consideration of many funding requests, the Auxiliary's 2011 Tree of Lights committee will raise money for three different hospital departments. First, funds will be used to purchase a Modified Barium Swallow Chair for the Imaging Department. This equipment will particularly benefit patients who have suffered a stroke or head injury as they undergo examinations regarding their ability to swallow, and it will be useful in transporting those same patients. Second, funds will be donated to the Cardiac Rehab Department so that they may better provide a way for the uninsured or the underinsured who have suffered heart attacks to be able to participate in cardiac rehabilitation. Third, funds will be donated, in partnership with the Meritus Healthcare Foundation, toward the replacement of the 1999 wheelchair van used by Total Rehab Care. This van is instrumental in getting patients who have no other means of transport to rehabilitation services from their homes.

There are five Tree of Lights giving opportunities.

A gift of $500 will place a light in the Circle of Lights at the top of the tree.

A gift of $100 will provide a Life Light to be lit annually.

A gift of $50 purchases one angel for the tree.

A gift of $25 purchases one dove for the tree.

A gift of $10 purchases one light for the tree.

Each person you honor will be listed on the Scroll of Honor in the hospital's main lobby. You can also choose to have your honorees informed of your thoughtful acknowledgement.

Donations, which are tax deductible, will be accepted through December 31, 2011.

Meritus Medical Center Auxiliary Inc. reserves the right to review and approve all messages on the donor plaques for the Tree of Lights campaign.

Tree lighting ceremony
Please join us for the lighting of the tree:

Sunday, December 4, 2011
5:00 pm
Meritus Medical Center
11116 Medical Campus Road
Hagerstown, Maryland

We hope to see you there!