BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING
Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s 17th annual Tree of Hope lighting ceremony will draw cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and loved ones together for a holiday celebration from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday in Kaminski Park and Gardens on the Roswell Park campus. This free, family-friendly event will be held in honor of all who are touched by cancer. It will include live music, carriage rides, visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, face painting and a gingerbread house raffle.
Guests can expect all the joys of the holiday season at this outdoor event, which is co-sponsored by WGRZ 2 On Your Side and West Herr Automotive Group. The festivities will be hosted by Channel 2’s Maryalice Demler and Adam Benigni, and will culminate with the lighting of the Tree of Hope by 7-year-old Mashayla, a cancer survivor and member of the Courage of Carly Fund at Roswell Park.
The event will also feature a candle-lighting ceremony paying tribute to those we’ve lost to cancer, survivors and those still fighting the disease. Attendees will have the opportunity to write personal and inspirational messages on star-shaped ornaments to be placed on a holiday tree in the Roswell Park main lobby.
Other activities and attractions to be featured at this year’s Tree of Hope: Performances by The Doyle Brothers, Mike Casinelli and the HyNotes/Friends of Harmony. visits and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, horse-drawn-carriage rides donated by the Collins Draft Horse, Ox and Pony Club, Area mascots, plus characters from Theatre of Youth’s “Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells,” gingerbread house raffle, face painting, Dunkin’ Donuts, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Buffalo and BJ’s Wholesale Club to provide refreshments — hot chocolate, apple cider and donuts, Animated light show sponsored by Ingram Micro — a display of 75,000 energy-efficient LED lights, orchestrated to holiday music, Light-up bracelets for sale at the Roswell table.
Guests may register to attend this free event by contacting 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or online at roswellpark.org/treeofhope. Free parking will be available in Roswell Park’s on-campus parking ramp, located at Carlton and Elm Streets in Buffalo.
Television viewers across Western New York, Western Pennsylvania and Southern Ontario can watch live coverage of the event on WGRZ-TV Channel 2 that evening beginning at 5 p.m., with streaming live coverage on WGRZ.com.
Originally posted by Buffalo Healthy Living Magazine . Republished with permission.
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