A Bright Way to Give Back —
Trees of Hope
The Trees of Hope event is a heartfelt tradition that lights up the front of the Brooks Health Centre each November, offering a beautiful way to honour loved ones while supporting a worthy cause. Every light on the new metal trees represents the generosity of individuals in our community who have made donations in honour of someone special or to spread festive cheer.
- Amber lights represent an ‘In Memory Of’ donation, honouring the memory of a loved one.
- Coloured lights represent ‘Seasons Greetings’ wishes to spread holiday cheer to friends, family, and neighbours.
Donate to the Trees of Hope
The funds raised through Trees of Hope directly benefit hospice palliative care services in the Brooks area, ensuring that residents receive the compassionate care they deserve during life’s most challenging moments.
Donations of $15 per light can be made in honour of an individual or group, and each contribution includes a tax-deductible receipt. Deadline for names to be recognized in the Brooks Bulletin during the week of Christmas is December 10th, 2024.
Completed donation forms can be mailed or dropped off at the Brooks Bulletin and Brooks Homecare Office.
In-Person donation opportunities:
- Festival of Trees: November 21st-23rd, 2024
- Craft Shows:
- The Well: November 8th & 9th, 2024
- Rolling Hills: November 9th, 2024
- Pollockville: November 22nd, 2024
- Duchess: November 22nd & 23rd, 2024
- St. Joe’s Band Fundraiser: December 7th, 2024
- Burnt Earth: December 6th & 7th, 2024
Donation forms also available at:
- Brooks Bulletin Office – 124 – 3rd Street West P.O. Box 1450, Brooks, AB
- Shoppers Drug Mart – 433 Cassils Rd W B, Brooks, AB
- Brooks Homecare Office – 440 3 St E, Brooks, AB
Upon submission, you will recieve a Submission Number.
This number will appear in the confirmation message and be sent to your email.
The Submission Number is required for payment by Etransfer or Cheque.
Cheques can be made payable to the Prairie Rose Hospice Palliative Care Society (PRHPCS).
E-Transfers with a full description of the donation can be sent to prhpcs@gmail.com.
Trees of Hope 2024
In Memory of
| In Memory of | From |
|---|---|
| Joey Marz | Love Mom |
| Joe Mraz | Carole & Family |
| Shelley McQuattie | Mom & Dad |
| Neil Anderson | Love from the Family |
| Souls Departed | Joy Skrove |
| David Hemsing | Missing you, Rest in Peace |
| Bob Holt | Kathy Holt |
| Joan & Albert Lester | Kathy Holt |
| Bob Medway | Kathy Holt |
| Marian Greves | Kathy Holt |
| Tyson Holt | Kathy Holt |
| Halvar & Clarence Rosdal | Kathy Holt |
| Shelley McQuattie | Kathy Holt |
| Tom Forden | Tanis Forden |
| David Hemsing | The Davidson's |
| Bob Holt | The Davidson's |
| Lionel McKinnon | Pat, Miss you |
| Kathy McRae | Mom, Miss yuou |
| Joyce Lundquist | Love & Miss you lots |
| Jim Andrew | Love & Miss you lots |
| Dorothy Andrew | Love & Miss you lots |
| Nina & Morris Skrove | Love & Miss you lots |
| Isabelle & Werner Lundquist | Love & Miss you lots |
| Joyce Lundquist | Leonard Lundquist |
| Nina & Morris Skrove | Lundquist Family |
| Werner & Isabelle Lundquist | Lundquist Family |
| Jim & Dorothy Andrew | Lundquist Family |
| Karl & Barb Deschner | Lundquist Family |
| Dianne Lundquist | Lundquist Family |
| Paul Zimmerman | Charlene Zimmerman |
| Ted Burnat(Papa Ted) | Karen & Family |
| Mrs. Vera Holeha | Friends, Michele & Dean |
| Mr. Harold Holeha | Friends, Michele & Dean |
| Rudy Spath | Pat & Family |
| Walter Okell | Debbie Tiegs |
| Dennis Schultz | Schultz Family |
| Jason Schultz | Schultz Family |
| Bill & Mabel Rooke | Ron, Terrie Hager & Family |
| Nick & Kathleen Hager | Ron, Terrie Hager & Family |
| Larry & Lorna Hager | Ron, Terrie Hager & Family |
| Gloria Evans | Ron, Terrie Hager & Family |
| Dad | Debbie Nadja |
| Ernie & Elinda Millward | Alex & Linda |
| Johnnie & Tina Currie | Alex & Linda |
| Dick & Glo Millward | Alex & Linda |
| Mary, Allen & Paul Currie | Alex & Linda |
| Kathy Rodwell | Stephanie & Scott Hansen |
| Esther Koch-Wittig | Miss you, Love Kochs & Howards |
| John Koch | Miss you, Love Kochs & Howards |
| John Wittig | Miss you, Love Kochs & Howards |
| Jimmy Bonora | Karen, Vanessa, Eric & Rachel |
| Addy Bonora | Karen, Vanessa, Eric & Rachel |
| Mia Gunter | Karen, Vanessa, Eric & Rachel |
| Mike M. Gross Sr. | Blessings |
| Evelyn Philpott | Amanda & Allan Philpott |
| Michelle Pomeranz | Amanda & Allan Philpott |
| Terry Prinieau | Cathy Fefchak |
| Louise Deleau | Cathy Fefchak |
| Clarence & Iline Bengtson | In our hearts forever, Brian & Lorene Nichols & Family |
| Halvar Rosdal | In our hearts forever, Brian & Lorene Nichols & Family |
| Clarence Rosdal | In our hearts forever, Brian & Lorene Nichols & Family |
| Art & Esther Nelson | In our hearts forever, Brian & Lorene Nichols & Family |
| Pete Green | In our hearts forever, Brian & Lorene Nichols & Family |
| Marle Baron | Barbara Bohn & Den Lynn Milton |
| Elmer & Jean McBride | Cynith, Grace & Edie |
| Lionel & Nancy Rooke | Brad & Pat Rooke & Family |
| George & Chris Stimson | Brad & Pat Rooke & Family |
| Marj & Pat McLinden | Jean Lavoie |
| Jim McBride | Tressa & Family |
| Shirley Heyler | Tressa & Family |
| Kody Pierson | Randy & Rita Pierson |
| Tom & Louise Musgrove | Randy & Rita Pierson |
| Dan & Jewell Pierson | Randy & Rita Pierson |
| Blaine Renneberg | Shelley Matthews |
| John Renneberg | Shelley Matthews |
| Eugene Lester | Remembering my Husband, Betty Lester |
| Sandi Lester | To a Dear Daughter-in-law, Betty Lester |
| Trudy Patterson | Betty Lester |
| Sylvia Beasley | Betty Lester |
| Olga Comeau | Betty Lester |
| Joyce Lundquist | Betty Lester |
| Bill Lester | Betty Lester |
| Albert Lester | Betty Lester |
| Daphney Anderson | Betty Lester |
| Lee Anderson | Betty Lester |
| Marilyn Jackson | MaryEllen & Terry |
| Steve Merkl | Miss You , Irma Merkl |
| Steve & Elizabeth Merkl, Sr | Miss You , Irma Merkl |
| George & Irma Zvolensky | Miss You , Irma Merkl |
| Margaret & Joe Merkl | Miss You , Irma Merkl |
| Betty Darago | Miss You , Irma Merkl |
| Alan, Barry, Cameron Merkl | Miss You , Irma Merkl |
| Roy Yokoyama | Love, your Family |
| Joyce Lundquist | Lovingly Remembered, The Deschner Family |
| Barb Deschner | Lovingly Remembered, The Deschner Family |
| Karl Deschner | Lovingly Remembered, The Deschner Family |
| Morris Skrove | Lovingly Remembered, The Deschner Family |
| Nina Skrove | Lovingly Remembered, The Deschner Family |
| Isabelle Lundquiest | Lovingly Remembered, The Deschner Family |
| Gloria Evans | Duane & Janet Perkins |
| Jackie Murray | Duane & Janet Perkins |
| Vernon Perkins | Duane & Janet Perkins |
| Glenn & Georgia Wilson | Duane & Janet Perkins |
| Ken Wilson | Duane & Janet Perkins |
| Kelly Ponce | Kerry, Jamie & Domi |
| Bill & Mabel Rooke | Love, Keith & Colleen |
| Don & Martha Davidson | Love, Keith & Colleen |
| David Hemsing | Keith & Colleen Davidson |
| Lisa Beringer | Keith & Colleen Davidson |
| Dale Pfahl | Keith & Colleen Davidson |
| Cathy Prins | Keith & Colleen Davidson |
| Judy Shannon | Colleen |
| Jim Bonora | Keith & Colleen Davidson |
| Richard Bremner | Love, Your Family |
| Bill Christien | Christien Family |
| Alice Walker | Christien Family |
| Kevin Kalo | Love Mom & Dad |
| Norman & Sophie Rust | Mike & Lorraine Samis & Family |
| Ken & Sylvia Rust | Mike & Lorraine Samis & Family |
| Ron & Velma Rust | Mike & Lorraine Samis & Family |
| Norman Musgrove | Mike & Lorraine Samis & Family |
| Yosh Conners | Mike & Lorraine Samis & Family |
| Wayne Bilyk | The Family |
| Barry Turner | Love you & miss you, Shelley |
| Bill Laux | Love Marilyn & Marg |
| Michael Laux | Love Mom & Marilyn |
| Don MacIntyre | Miss you, Marg |
| Pat Wenner | Your Family |
| Myra Scott | Your Family |
| Gordon Scott | Your Family |
| Jennifer Walls | Love Mom |
| Richard Godfrey | Love Jo-Lee & Crew |
| Jim Shannon | Pat, Nadine& Marice - 'til we meet again |
| Walter Okell | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Bob Medway | Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Clarence Tancowny | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Mary Tancowny | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Darrell Smith | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Carol Hofmann | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Gary Hofmann | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Raymond Smith | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Allen Jeffrey | Love Leighton & Lilianne Smith |
| Walter Okell | Love Nola Okell |
| Jac Peeters | Peeters Family |
| Albert Gosling | Carole Christiansen |
| Bert Rommens | Miss You, Wilma & Family |
| David Hemsing | Wilma Rommens & Family |
| Anne de Jong | Wilma Rommens & Family |
| Cinty Wannet | Wilma Rommens & Family |
| All of our past members | Brooks United Church Women's Fellowship |
| Dorothy & Jim Andrew | Pete & Barb Nielsen |
| Christine Nielsen | Pete & Barb Nielsen |
| Rebecca Musgrove | Pete & Barb Nielsen |
| Sophie & Gordon Nielsen | Pete & Barb Nielsen |
| Elizabeth Buday | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Harry Hjorth | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Jorgen Jakobsen | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Bill Mortensen | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Harry Mushiol | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Gertrud Mushiol | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Evelyn Skanderup | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Arne Wester | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Bessie Wester | Tilley Seniors Society |
| John Desjardins | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Vince Fabian | Tilley Seniors Society |
| Roger Desjardins | Always Remembered & Loved, Your Family |
| May Lee Weeks | Always Remembered & Loved, Your Family |
| John Desjardins | Always Remembered & Loved, Your Family |
| Melody-Anne Desjardins | Always Remembered & Loved, Your Family |
| Harryt Hjorth | Dagny, Dallas, Sheryl-Lynn & family, Shelly-Ann & family |
| George Cornelsen | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| Mary Cornelsen | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| Glen Lyster | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| Larry Wiebe | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| David Hemsing | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| Jimmy Bonora | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| Gloria Aitken | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| Collin Wildschut | Wayne & Brenda Cornelsen |
| David Hemsing | Love always, Karen |
| Tyler Hemsing | Love, Mom, Andrea & Laura |
| Dad | Love, Andrea, Reece, Laura & Aaron |
| Grandpa Dave | Love Mackenzie, Sawyer, Cora & Lincoln |
| Uncle Tyler | Love Mackenzie, Sawyer, Cora & Lincoln |
| Tony Rommens | Love from all your family |
| Alva & Freda Brown | Charles & Shirley |
| Tom & Laura Charlton | Charles & Shirley |
| Gloria Aitken | R & N Berg |
| Angela Graham | The Kuhn Family |
| Dave Griffith | The Kuhn Family |
| Vern Lillehei | Elvera Lillehei |
| Ruby Springer | Elvera Lillehei |
| Gary Sturch | Natalie Sturch |
| Deb Kirschenman | Love, Family |
| Mary Plumer | Love, Family |
| Ilene Morgan | Love, Family |
| Mario John Lambe | I Miss you so much |
| Dean Robinson | Ken & Shirley Kobitz |
| Vi Robinson | Ken & Shirley Kobitz |
| Randy Robinson | Ken & Shirley Kobitz |
| Steve Beblow | Love Kari & Neil |
| Peggy Schindeler | Deb |
| Alice Derks | Love Maxine & Steve |
| Loewen Family | Love you, Miss you |
| Buteau Family | Love you, Miss you |
| Jeff Hankins | Love, Mom & Dad |
| Robert Aman | Denise Aman |
| Della Willard | The Willard Family |
| Bob & Verna Armstrong | George & Jan |
| Carolyn Hodgkinson | Elaine Bitzer & Family, Love you |
| Valerie | Paul |
| Charlotte | Paul |
| John Andrejcin | Jane |
| Jim Adams | Jane |
| Blanche Wise | Jane |
| Doug Mulvey | Mulvey Family |
| Cheryl Romuld | Amanda & Alan Philpott |
| Reese & Verna Jones | Wayne & Chuck Eggen |
| Brayden Shepherd | Wayne & Chuck Eggen |
| David Zatylny | Love Always, Merle |
| Del Giles | Your whole Family |
| Cody Martin | The Hodgson Family |
| Henry & Arline Thompson | The Hodgson Family |
| Helen & Jack Fowler | Tammy & Tyson |
| Pat Peterson | Paula & Chad Galbraith |
| Woody Peterson | Paula & Chad Galbraith |
| Johnene Galbriath | Paula & Chad Galbraith |
| Blanche LaMarsh | Paula & Chad Galbraith |
| Dave Griffith | Love and Miss you , Geraldine |
| Del Griffith | Love and Miss you , Geraldine |
| Donna Griffith | Love and Miss you , Geraldine |
| Beth Stewart Ion | Love Enid |
| Donald Stewart | Love Enid |
| Mary Stewart | Love Enid |
| Gloria Evans | Harold & Blaine |
| Jeffrey Evans | Harold & Blaine |
| Jennifer Evans | Harold & Blaine |
| Larry Caverly | Harold & Blaine |
| Elmer Drader | Marlene, with Love |
| John Hollinda | Betty Hollinda |
| Deceased Hollinda Family | Betty Hollinda |
| Deceased Maloney Family | Betty Hollinda |
| Deceased Darago Family | Betty Hollinda |
| Bob & Rosalie Wilson | Betty Hollinda |
| Ed & Elsie Langevin | Love From family & Friends |
| Edgar Kirschenman | Gladys Kirschenman |
| Bruce & Brenda Lee Kirschenman | Gladys Kirschenman |
| Baby Girl Twins | Gladys Kirschenman |
| Bob Medway | Love Barb & Family |
| Albert Lester | Love Barb & Family |
| Joan Lester | Love Barb & Family |
| Lee Anderson | Love The Medways |
| Gerry Freundl | Love The Medways |
| Theresa Gauthier-Holden | Love Barb |
| Terri Martin | Love Barb |
| David Hemsing | Love The Medways |
| Pat Zukowski | Love The Medways |
| Judy Shannon | Love Barb |
| Jimmy Bonora | Love The Medways |
| Tim Thompson | Love The Medways |
| Margaret Highet | Love The Medways |
| Carol Schlachter | With all my Love, Andy |
| Carol Schlachter | The Schlachter Family |
| Jim Bonora | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Wilf Lane | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Pat Zukowski | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Tim Thompson | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Lanie Nesbitt | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Fred Goodman | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Judy Shannon | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Wade Brown | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| John Neigum | Love, Rose |
| Roger Neigum | Love, Rose |
| Anne Beddows | Loved & missed by all her Family |
| Ellan Nannt | Forever missed, Rolf, Kathy, Kyle & Meghan |
| Our loved ones, family & friends | Rolf & Kathy Nannt & Family |
| Tony Rommens | Love from Bill & Anne Jackson |
| David Hemsing | Love from Bill & Anne Jackson |
| Tyler Hemsing | Love from Bill & Anne Jackson |
| Joan Redpath | Love from Bill & Anne Jackson |
| Dianne Jackson | Love from Bill & Anne Jackson |
| Keith Jackson | Love from Bill & Anne Jackson |
| Winton Wangsness | Love from Gary & Trudy Koleyak & Family |
| Jean Wangsness | Love from Gary & Trudy Koleyak & Family |
| Mike Koleyak | Love from Gary & Trudy Koleyak & Family |
| Lenora Koleyak | Love from Gary & Trudy Koleyak & Family |
| Gloria Ion | Love from Gary & Trudy Koleyak & Family |
| Laurence Ion | Love from gary & Trudy Koleyak & Family |
Trees of Hope 2024
Seasons Greetings
| Seasons Greeting | From |
|---|---|
| All our Friends | The Armstrongs |
| Art & Frances Klassen | Paul & Wendy & Family |
| Deanna Tomlinson | Lots of Love, JoAnn |
| Family & Friends | NCS Counselling |
| Family & Friends | Kevin McNiven |
| Family & Friends | Shelley Matthews |
| Family & Friends | Wilma Rommens |
| Friends & Family | Thiessen Family |
| Merry Christmas | |
| Merry Christmas | |
| Merry Christmas | Bridgette & Jack Gerrard |
| Merry Christmas | Tony & Vicki Steidel |
| Merry Christmas | Sandra Lawrence-Lambe |
| Merry Christmas | Paula & Chad Galbraith |
| Merry Christmas | Cindy & Stacey Young & Family |
| Merry Christmas to all Friends and Family | Ron, Terrie Hager & Family |
| Merry Xmas | Bildersheim Colony |
| Seasons Greetings | Wishinbg all a blessed Christmas, Rolf & Kathy Nannt |