MIDDLESEX HEALTH “16th ANNUAL TREE OF LIGHTS” RETURNS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2025 FROM 6 P.M.-7 P.M. TREE LIGHTING AT 6:15 P.M.
By Frank LoGiudice
The Middlesex Health "16th Annual Tree Of Lights" returns again this year with a ceremony on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at the Middlesex Hospital lobby at 28 Crescent Street in Middletown. It will take place from 6 p.m.-6:45 p.m. The tree lighting will take place at 6:15 p.m. The ceremony will include the Mercy High School Chamber Choir.
According to the Middlesex Health website it states, ¨The Middlesex Health Hospice Program invites you to donate in honor or in memory of anyone who has impacted your life. The 16-year tradition of Tree of Lights is a heartfelt event to remember or honor loved ones with a tree lighting ceremony, and a display that stays prominent into the New Year.¨
Steven Liedlich of Middlesex Health, “Middlesex Health's Tree of Lights event on December 2nd is ¨a heartfelt event with a tree lighting ceremony, a holiday choir and a display of loved oneś names. This program offers vital end-of-life support for patients and families, focusing on comfort, dignity, and emotional care in their journey. By participating, attendees directly contribute to Middlesex Hospice, helping to sustain these services and programs. Your donation helps the Middlesex Health Hospice Program have a meaningful impact on hospice patients who face life-limiting illnesses and their families. Our program supports and assists patients and their families in making important decisions regarding their care, and is focused on enhancing their patientś quality of life. The goal of Hospice is to enable patients to remain in their own homes as long as possible with the aid of family, Hospice staff and volunteers.¨
Donations received after November 17th will be listed on the website only.
To view the listing of those memorialized, please go to MiddlesexHealth.org/TreeofLights. ¨The Tree of Lights honoree names will be on display on the new digital donor wall in the lobby of Middlesex Hospital from December 2 – January 2, 2026,¨ according to their website.
The Middlesex Health Hospice Program is celebrating ¨40 years of caring for the community.¨ The Middlesex Health Hospice Program websites states, ¨We are commemorating 40 years of offering compassionate physical, emotional, social, and spiritual care to individuals facing terminal illness, while also supporting their families through this journey. Founded in 1985, the program is dedicated to helping patients live as comfortably and fully as possible - remaining alert and free from pain - so they can spend their final days with dignity and in the presence of those they love, Your support has a meaningful impact on hospice patients and their families.¨
For more information about the 16th Annual Tree of Lights and the Middlesex Hospice Program please go to
https://middlesexhealth.org/donate/fundraising-events/tree-of-lights
