Because of you, 2025 was a recording breaking year at the Foundation! During the 44th annual Love Lights giving campaign, $57,739 was raised to support patients in need of financial assistance who are receiving care at Peeples Cancer Institute or Hamilton Home Health and Hospice.
Give the gift that will light up the season!
This holiday season, by purchasing a Love Light, you can provide life-changing financial assistance to patients and their families facing medical hardships. Together, we can turn hope into healing.
IMPACT STATS
- 467 patients have been helped in the last two years.
- $84,341.32 financial assistance provided in 2024 & 2025
- 100% goes directly to uplifting patients
- $50, or two Joy Lights, can provide transportation to cancer treatment for a patient.
- $100, or one Love Light, can provide a patient with prescription medication.
Why We Give:
“We buy Love Lights to remember family and friends that have impacted our lives throughout the years. Oftentimes, it may be someone that has passed away or someone that has had a special event in their life that we want to recognize. The Holidays can be a hard time for those who have lost a loved one. Love Lights are a beautiful way to let the family know they are not forgotten.” -Lisa and Pete Sigmon
“We buy Love Lights in honor of our children and in memory of my dad, Dr. Marty Micahels, who cared for many of our community’s children!” – Amanda and Chris Brown
“We buy Love Lights for our family, friends & our favorite pets!” – Cathy and Steve Snyder
Hamilton Medical Center is excited to revive its campus and tree lighting ceremony on November 18th, marking the return of this cherished tradition since 2019. The event will take place at Ambassador Plaza and launch the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation’s 44th Love Lights campaign. Families are invited to enjoy the festive celebration featuring the lighting of the 30-foot Deodar Cedar tree, a visit with Santa and his reindeer, carols, hot chocolate, and arts and crafts for children.
History of Love Lights
The Love Lights Holiday Giving tradition at Hamilton Medical Center began in 1982, when Foundation board member Hubert Marsh along with fellow Foundation Trustee, Dot Reich, collaborated on the idea to create a year-end holiday giving program that would serve to enhance patient care programs at Hamilton while offering community members the opportunity to purchase lights in honor or in memory of friends and loved ones. To promote the Love Lights program community-wide, Mrs. Reich pitched the idea of a partnership between the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation and the Daily Citizen to then-editor Neely Young. In just the past ten years, over $300, 000 has been raised to assist patients and families facing financial difficulties and allowing them to focus on healing.