A TREE of celebration will be bursting into life to raise vital funds for one of Wyre Forest's favourite charities this Christmas.

Kemp Hospice's Light up a Life campaign enables people to have a message attached to the hospice Christmas Tree in memory of a loved one.

It can also be used to celebrate an event during 2005 such as a birth, anniversary or birthday.

The scheme has proved popular since it started six years ago and hits new records every festive season. Last year it raised more than £5,600.

Trees will again be sited in the Swan Centre in Kidderminster and outside the museum in Bewdley.

For £6.50 people can sponsor a light on one of the trees and will also receive a Christmas card, a dedication in the roll of honour and a tag, bearing their own personal message, to be placed on the tree.

The Swan Centre tree will be manned every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10am until 2pm from November 10 until December 3. At other times payment can be made at the management suite at the top of the escalator. In Bewdley payments can be made at the nearby hospice shop.

For those unable to visit the trees, a form can be obtained by calling the hospice fund-raising department on 01562 861217 or by popping in to one of the hospice shops in Kidderminster, Bewdley or Stourport.

Alternatively, readers can fill in the form on this page and send it to the hospice.

A dedication service for the Tree of Life scheme will be held at the Swan Centre on Sunday, December 4 at 3pm.

Hospice Tree of Life 2006

Name ................................................................................

Address ............................................................................

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I wish to sponsor a light and give a donation of ............... in celebration of ...............................................................

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l Please send this form and cheques (payable to Kemp Hospice) to Tree of Life, Kemp Hospice, 41 Mason Road, Kidderminster DY11 6AG