KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Ascension Borgess Foundation has announced the beginning of an annual holiday fund raising tradition.
For 37 years, the Foundation has raised money via its Tree of Love effort, which helps women in need receive life-saving mammograms and breast health services.
Donations will help pay for mammograms for low-income women who don’t have insurance to cover the cost of the procedure.
Each donor to the campaign can honor a friend or family member via a light on the Ascension holiday tree.
The tree lighting festivities at Ascension Borgess Hospital will be held on Thursday, December 8, and will include a reflection, a few words from medical professionals and the tree-lighting. Trees with honoree lights will also be lit at Ascension Borgess-Lee Hospital and Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital.
This year, the Ascension Borgess Foundation hopes to raise $90,000, with an additional $25,000 raised at Ascension Borgess-Lee Hospital and $15,000 from Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital.
Organizers say every $8 donation will help support mammography and other breast care services at Ascension Borgess, as well as allow donors to honor or remember someone special, while every $80 donation will sponsor a mammogram for a woman and allow donors to honor or remember up to 10 people, with additional sponsorship opportunities available.
More information can be found online at www.borgessfoundation.org or by calling the Ascension Borgess Foundation at 269-226-8100.
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