Category: Fundraiser

A Look Back to the 2022 Lights for Love Event

Posted on by Elyse Clayton

These beautiful images show the sweetness of the 2022 Lights for Love Memorial Event. This year, Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia is honored to host the luminary event again on Saturday, Oct. 28 in Cosmo-Bethel Park at 6 p.m. Purchase a luminary in memory of someone you love now or on the day of the event. Musical Entertainment includes Harry Beckett, Ranan Reis Leme, Olivia Swanson & Bill Kollars, Giving Song Singers, and The Threshold Choir.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available at caringheartandhands.org/luminary/. All proceeds will be used to support CHHC for those who are under hospice care.

Lights for Love

Posted on by Elyse Clayton

Join us for our third Lights for Love Memorial Event on Oct. 28, 2023 at Cosmo-Bethel Park. This beautiful evening is an opportunity to honor and remember someone you love while giving back to those in hospice care in our community.

Luminaries will be available for purchase now and at check-in the day of the event. All proceeds will be used to support our home in Columbia for those who are under hospice care, in the last 30 days of life, and in need of caregiver support.

We are also looking for businesses and community members to sponsor the event. Visit caringheartandhands.org/luminary/ to give today, or reach out to info@caringheartandhands.org with questions.

Lights for Love Recap

Posted on by Brandi Herrman

Inaugural event raises more than $8,000

More than five hundred lights brightened the night on November 6. More than a hundred donors purchased luminaries to memorialize their loved ones.

  • More than 100 attended the Lights for Love event November 6
  • More than 500 luminaries lit up Stephens Lake Park.
  • Co-founder, Jackie Reed, thanks those in attendance for their support.
  • A lighted path.
  • Volunteers who placed luminaries let the community know about their Caring HEARTS and Hands.
  • Volunteers of all ages helped set up more than 500 luminaries.
  • Names of loved ones were placed beside each luminary..
Lighting the night with love

Lighting the night with love

Posted on by Brandi Herrman

With donor support, we can light up the night at Stephens Lake Park on Nov. 6 as part of its inaugural fundraising event – Lights for Love: A Memorial Event.

This memorial event gives people an opportunity to purchase a luminary to honor their loved one and help raise funds to open a home in Columbia for those who are under hospice care, in the last month of life, and in need of caregiver support.

Lights for Love November 6

“We wanted to put together a fundraiser for the community that could be meaningful,” said Jackie Reed, treasurer, and co-founder for Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia. “This is an opportunity to heal as a community after nearly two years of extremely difficult times for many of us.”

Community members can purchase a luminary to display at Stephens Lake Park on Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m. Each luminary can be purchased for a minimum donation of $10.

The event will include music and will allow loved ones to spend time with others who have lost loved ones and remember their influence in our lives.

Lights for Love Memorial Event
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021
Gordon Shelter – Stephens Lake Park

Check-in: 5:30 p.m., Gordon Shelterhouse
Luminaries on Display: 5:45 – 6:45 p.m.
Program & Music: 6 p.m.