{"id":26177,"date":"2012-12-04T22:11:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T06:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=26177"},"modified":"2012-12-05T22:05:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T06:05:34","slug":"light-up-a-life-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/12\/04\/light-up-a-life-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Light up a Life 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Life up a Life was held at 6 p.m. Tuesday on Lancaster Boulevard at Ehrlich (Elm) Avenue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More than 200 residents attended the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 Hundreds came out Tuesday night for the Hoffman Hospice\u2019s annual holiday ceremony in remembrance of lost loved ones.<\/p>\n

The 10th Annual Light up a Life event was hosted by The BLVD in Lancaster for the second year.<\/p>\n

In the soft glow of candlelight, Hoffman staff and their guests honored the memories of loved ones who passed away with a reading of names, holiday music and tree lighting.<\/p>\n

Guest speakers included Lancaster city council member Sandra Johnson and actress and holiday icon Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the holiday classic \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The event also featured holiday music by local choir the Sunday Night Singers.<\/p>\n

View sights from the 10th<\/sup> Annual Light up a Life ceremony below.<\/p>\n

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Hoffman Hospice Branch Director Roger Doyle gave the welcoming address, and council member Sandra Johnson shared warm memories of her late mother.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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City manager Mark Bozigian attended the ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Newly elected 21st District Senator Steve Knight and his staff also attended the ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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(L to R) Lancaster residents Rachel Garcia, Zahydee Garcia and Loretta Turk attended the event together. Turk said it was her first time at the event. \u201cThis was a surprise for me, but I liked the candle lighting ceremony,\u201d she said. \u201cI had a granddaughter that was nine die from cancer.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lancaster resident Patty Houseal helps to light a candle for Cassidy Houseal. Both were attending the event in memory of Lorraine Kelly and Florence Houseal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Actress Karolyn Grimes shared a personal story of the grief she experienced after losing her son. \u201cWhen you lose a loved one, you just can\u2019t wrap your mind around it that they\u2019re gone,\u201d she said. \u201cI miss him so much, yet I knew that I had to heal. I had to get better, if not only for me, for my family.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The choir hummed softly during the ceremonial reading of names of those honored or memorialized. For many attendees, this was the highlight of the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Sunday Night Singers led attendees and Hoffman staff in singing \u201cSilent Night.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The somber event culminated with falling \u201csnow.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 Hundreds came out Tuesday night for the Hoffman Hospice\u2019s annual holiday ceremony in remembrance of lost loved ones. The 10th Annual Light up a Life event was hosted by The BLVD in Lancaster for the second year. In the soft glow of candlelight, Hoffman staff and their guests honored the memories of loved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":26188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}