AN APPEAL that allowed people to dedicate a Christmas light in memory of a lost loved one has raised more than £22,000 for a Weston charity.
AN APPEAL that allowed people to dedicate a Christmas light in memory of a lost loved one has raised more than £22,000 for a Weston charity.
Weston Hospicecare's Tree of Light Appeal, which is supported by the Weston & Somerset Mercury, invited people to dedicate a light on a tree in the Sovereign Shopping Centre to someone who cannot be with them this Christmas.
At the same time as making dedications, which were put into a book of remembrance, they were asked to make a donation to the Uphill-based hospice.
The appeal ended yesterday (Wed), but those wanting to help raise money for the hospice can do so at the Italian Gardens today.
The Christmas Candle Bag of Remembrance event, which is being held from 4-8pm, gives people the chance to write a message to a loved one on a candle bag, which will then be lit with a tealight inside.
The first candle glow to be put on by the charity will be displayed in the gardens, where Churchill Community School's gospel choir Youthful Spirit will perform.
Weston's MP John Penrose will also take part in the event.
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