Christmas is a wonderful time to recognize that special someone in your life. For some, it can also be an important time to express remembrance for a deceased loved one or pet. Take the time to appreciate those near and far, maybe someone you haven’t spent a lot of time with throughout the last year!
The Sheridan Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s Trees of Love fundraising event serves as a heartwarming way to acknowledge someone cherished or loved. Donations go towards funding special projects that help our hospital patients.
Dedicate a Light
For a minimum donation of $5.00, you can dedicate a white, green, or red Christmas light for a person or pet that you want to honor or memorialize.
- White lights symbolize a deceased loved one or pet.
- Green lights are symbolic of a relative or friend honored.
- Red lights are symbolic of a child or pet.
Donor acknowledgments are sent to the specified honoree or family of the memorialized individual as indicated.
For more information or to print a donation form, please download our 2026 Trees of Love Form
The Book Of Love
When you donate, the special person or pet that you recognize becomes a registered name in our “Book of Love”. The Book of Love is a historical account of all those recognized since the event originally started in 1988. The Book is on display in the Hospital’s main entrance throughout the holiday season.
Trees Of Love Ceremony
The Sheridan Memorial Hospital Auxiliary invites our community to join us on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4:30 p.m. in the SMH Fireplace Lobby for the annual Christmas Trees of Love open house.
Attendees can enjoy music and refreshments and view the Book of Love. The evening will conclude with the lighting of the trees on the hospital’s front lawn and our festive Santa Claus display on the hospital roof.
Please make all donations by Wednesday, Dec. 2, for acknowledgment at the lighting ceremony. Donations received after the ceremony will likely be acknowledged after Jan. 1, 2027.
For more information, contact Foundation and Volunteer Coordinator Lauren Martinsen at 307.675.4629 or laurenmartinsen@sheridanhospital.org.