{"id":63656,"date":"2025-11-20T16:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?page_id=63656"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:32:49","slug":"light-up-a-life-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/health-services\/all-services\/hospice\/light-up-a-life-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Up a Life 2025 \u2013 Virtual Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"shs-block hero grid-container has-brown-background-color has-content-center\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Light-up-a-Life-single-candle-SS.jpg); background-position:7% 57%;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-content-group\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-content has-contrast-box\" style=\"max-width:fit-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-title\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-title--part is-m\">Light up a Life 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_40d63c1e914237d6121cac7ca134d97a\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-brown-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Breathe deeply and let your heart be filled with memories of your loved one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_73cc2abfde446dcb86e0c4f1101990da\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color has-circle-image col-reverse has-medium-circle-image\" >\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pennington-Paula-315-sm-CIR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square-md size-square-md\" alt=\"Paula Pennington is the director of Samaritan Evergreen Hospice.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pennington-Paula-315-sm-CIR.jpg 425w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pennington-Paula-315-sm-CIR-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pennington-Paula-315-sm-CIR-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Pennington-Paula-315-sm-CIR-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-warm-greetings-to-this-special-time-of-reflection-nbsp\">Warm Greetings to This Special Time of Reflection&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>From Hospice Director Paula Pennington<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf of our entire staff and Samaritan Foundations, we welcome you to our 2025 Light up a Life ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We take this time to honor and remember the patients we have served in hospice during the past year. We also remember loved ones from our community, whose names have been submitted to us for recognition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank you for partnering with us to care for your loved one at the end of their life. Our Samaritan mission of \u201cBuilding Healthier Communities Together\u201d is never far from our practice as we care for patients and families. We are humbled by the trust you have placed in us as we strive to bring compassion and respect to every patient visit.&nbsp;Thank you again for your trust and support.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_75040a1398afe71294636648f9cc20d9\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-gray-warm-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-welcome-message\">Welcome Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Novotne, bereavement coordinator with Samaritan, welcomes you to the 2025 Light up a Life remembrance.&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Light-up-a-Life-Welcome-Message.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the opening message<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025 Light up a Life \u2013 Welcome Message\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ulYAlXViWBc?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_0992a9efdf9fd55ceed75bafeaa2cf81\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-remembrance-of-our-patients\">In Remembrance of Our Patients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us in our annual tribute to the lives of our central Oregon Coast and mid-Willamette Valley patients we cared for this past year. May cherished memories of your loved one live on in your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Light up a Life 2025 \u2013 In Remembrance of Our Patients\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQnNIXGsZB4?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_40d63c1e914237d6121cac7ca134d97a\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-brown-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We thank you for the gift your living brought to each of us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_27c1f79c29d49784845a149f1e907877\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-blue-light-background-color\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/background-candle-315-SS.jpg); background-position:36% 50%;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lighting-of-candles\">Lighting of Candles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaplain Ralph O\u2019King commemorates loved ones who have passed in the Candle Lighting Ritual. If you would like to participate at home, four candles will be lit during this tribute.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Light-up-a-Life-Candle-Lighting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Candle Ritual.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Candle Lighting - Light up a Life\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_Cop8TA_5o?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"has-overlay\"><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_0992a9efdf9fd55ceed75bafeaa2cf81\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-honor-amp-remember-mid-willamette-valley\">Honor &amp; Remember \u2013 Mid-Willamette Valley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Community members from the mid-Willamette Valley honor special people in their lives and remember loved ones who have passed.&nbsp; To find the name of a loved one, click on the image below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Valley-Names-Light-up-a-Life.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-VALLEY-Website-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Honor &amp; Remember for valley residents.\" class=\"wp-image-14879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-VALLEY-Website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-VALLEY-Website-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-VALLEY-Website-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-VALLEY-Website-178x100.jpg 178w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-VALLEY-Website.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_40d63c1e914237d6121cac7ca134d97a\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-brown-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We Remember Them<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_0992a9efdf9fd55ceed75bafeaa2cf81\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-honor-amp-remember-central-oregon-coast\">Honor &amp; Remember \u2013 Central Oregon Coast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Community members from the central Oregon Coast&nbsp;honor special people in their lives and remember loved ones who have passed. To find the name of a loved one, click on the image below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Coast-Names-Light-up-a-Life.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-COAST-Website-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Honor &amp; Remember for coast residents.\" class=\"wp-image-14878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-COAST-Website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-COAST-Website-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-COAST-Website-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-COAST-Website-178x100.jpg 178w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Honor-Remember-COAST-Website.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_75040a1398afe71294636648f9cc20d9\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-gray-warm-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-closing-message\">Closing Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaplain Redeana Bell shares the closing message for Light up a Life 2025.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Light-up-a-Life-We-Remember-Them.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the closing message.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Closing Message \u2013 Light up a Life \u2013 \u201cWe Remember Them\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6uT4l2i-4wQ?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_40d63c1e914237d6121cac7ca134d97a\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-brown-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-we-remember-them-0\">We Remember Them<\/h2>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_48d058c6272a63355c70cfc510f197ce\" class=\"shs-block two-columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-content two-column-grid\">\n<div class=\"entry-content shs-block column\">\n\n<p>At the rising of the sun and at its going down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We remember them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We remember them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the opening of the buds in the rebirth of spring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We remember them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the blueness of the skies and the warmth of summer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We remember them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We remember them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of the year and when it ends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>We remember them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content shs-block column\">\n\n<p>When we are weary and in the need of strength<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We remember them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we are lost and sick at heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We remember them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we have decisions that are difficult to make<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We remember them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we have joy we crave to share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We remember them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we have achievements that are based on theirs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We remember them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as we live, they too will live;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for they are now a part of us as&nbsp;<strong><em>we remember them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_8b4de21e9486615904bbba1e9ac6cfa6\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-blue-midnight-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em><span style=\"color:#FCB445\">Thank you for your support of Samaritan Evergreen Hospice<br>and your participation in this treasured event.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>To donate to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/health-services\/all-services\/hospice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hospice<\/a>, please select the hospital foundation you would like to support:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/give.samhealth.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=1620&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;1620.donation=form1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Albany General Hospital Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/give.samhealth.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=1624&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;1624.donation=form1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/give.samhealth.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=1623&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;1623.donation=form1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/give.samhealth.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=1625&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;1625.donation=form1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Lincoln Hospital Foundation<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/give.samhealth.org\/site\/Donation2?df_id=1626&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;1626.donation=form1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pacific Communities Health District Foundation<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in the 2025 virtual remembrance of the patients served in hospice during the past year and to remember loved ones as submitted to Evergreen Hospice for recognition in this annual event.   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