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Jefferson Health to Hold 15^th Annual ‘Tree of Lights’ Event at 

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington Township on December 11

Sewell, NJ (November 19, 2024) — Area residents will have the opportunity to honor, remember, and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have battled cancer with the symbolic illumination of the “Tree of Lights” at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington Township on Wednesday, December 11.

The 15^th annual Tree of Lights Remembrance Celebration -- set for 5-6 p.m. in the lobby of the Cancer Center (900 Medical Center Drive, Sewell, NJ) -- will include music, light refreshments, and a tree-lighting ceremony, where honorees’ names will be recited aloud.

A minimum $5 donation per recited name will benefit the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center’s New Jersey Cancer Transportation Fund, as well as provide community members the opportunity to hang an ornament in honor or in memory of their loved ones on the “Tree of Lights.”

For more information, or to register and make an online donation, please visit www.JeffersonHealth.org/TreeOfLights

About Jefferson 

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospital campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.