Carolina Pines hosts Lights of Love
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Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center and their Volunteer Auxiliary organization hosted their Annual Lights of Love tree lighting celebration on Sunday, November 20th in front of the medical center. Music was provided by the children of hospital employees and the guest speaker was Dr. Leroy Robinson. According to Gail Terry, Pres. of the Volunteer Auxiliary, they raised over $17,700 and placed 413 lights on the tree, exceeding all previous years. Terry said, “Lights of Love is a continual gift.” PHOTO BY STEPHAN DREW
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Dr. T. James Bell (at right) waves the “magic wand” to light the tree while Bill Little, CEO of Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center (at left) looks on. PHOTO BY STEPHAN DREW
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Violinist and local native Tae-Quan Coe performed a variety of Christmas music for the Lights of Love service. PHOTO BY STEPHAN DREW
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The children of Carolina Pines’ employees provided a variety of holiday tunes for those in attendance. PHOTO BY STEPHAN DREW