Community comes together to trim tree of treasured memories

Community comes together to trim tree of treasured memories
Daily Star (Hammond, LA)
December 16, 2023
Hammond, LA—On the morning of Saturday, Dec. 9, members of the community came together for a standing-room-only remembrance celebration and to trim a Christmas tree with hand-picked ornaments symbolizing treasured memories of their loved ones. The “Memory Tree Remembrance Celebration” carries on a 31-year tradition that a!rms the lives of former hospice patients. Held in the E. Brent Dufreche Conference Center on the campus of North Oaks Medical Center, it is one component of North Oaks Hospice’s bereavement counseling and support services provided to families and caregivers for one year following the death of their loved one.