Angels of Love return to Trinity
Ornaments honor loved ones while helping hospital
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Angel ornaments have the power to brighten a Christmas tree, honor a lost loved one and support the local hospital all at once.
The ornaments are called Angels of Love.
For the 26th year, they are being sold in the gift shop at UnityPoint Health -- Trinity Regional Medical Center.
Friends of UnityPoint Health – Fort Dodge will use the proceeds from the sale to help the hospital pay for medical equipment and to support the capital campaign for the new surgical center and renovation project.
Julie Lentsch, the gift shop coordinator at the hospital, said some people purchase an angel every year.
"It's really just become a tradition in people's homes that they have these on their trees," she said.
She said others buy an angel ornament in memory of a loved one who recently died. A board in the hallway outside the hospital gift shop lists buyers the names of those the angels were purchased in memory of.
The angels cost $15.
They can be purchased in the hospital gift shop from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Today, the gift shop will be open from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. for its holiday open house. Because of parking lot repairs, anyone going to the open house will have to park in the back of the hospital and enter near the emergency room.