How About fundraising with a Tree of Lights or Angel Tree for your next fund raising event or fundraiser!

Tree of Lights or Angel Tree Fundraising

At Christmas families in the community pay $10 for a light that represents their lost loved one. The staff and families gather as a community outside and sing hymns, and the tree is lit - all the lights come on at once and it is beautiful. The lights on the Christmas tree are white. The community does this outside of the office at night. The tree stays lit until the New Year. Luminaries line the parking lot where people are sitting or standing. Families and staff find this very meaningful. People gather afterwards in the office or a church for cider and cookies. [This idea can easily be adapted by non-Hospice organizations to fit their mission.]

Alternative: Each year as the Christmas holidays approach, our hospice sells lace angel ornaments which people can buy in memory of or in honor of anyone they choose. Those ornaments are then placed in Christmas trees at our office until a few days before Christmas. We then have an open house in which people can come and take their angels off the trees. It is a good time of sharing with the community as they gather together during the Open House. Refreshments are served. [This idea can easily be adapted by non-Hospice organizations to fit their mission.]

Sources: Hospice of East Alabama & Hospice of the Piedmont

See Also: Pet Remembrance Tree

We have included a number of do-it-yourself fundraising ideas in this section such as a Tree of Lights or Angel Tree that offer a break from traditional product sales. They were developed by groups just like yours in an attempt have a little fun with their fundraiser. Some of them are tried and true while others show a lot of creativity ... and even wackiness in some cases. All of them are obviously not appropriate for every group, but sometimes, with only a little modification, your might find some fund raising ideas that are perfect for your group. If you have an idea for a do-it-yourself fund raiser you are willing to share with others, please send it to us via email at . Include anything and everything you would want to know if you were hearing the idea for the first time.