December 10, 2025 – Florence, SC– McLeod Hospice celebrated its 40th Annual “A Light for Someone You Love” Tree Lighting Ceremony, presented by Signature Wealth Strategies, on Thursday, December 4, at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Hundreds attended the event which raised more than $149,000 to support programs and services provided by McLeod Hospice.
During the ceremony, the family of Kaye Floyd-Parris, representing all the families served this year by McLeod Hospice, lit the trees. The Masterworks Choir also performed a new annual tradition song “All Will Be Well” by Terre Johnson – a song commissioned specifically in honor of the 40th McLeod Hospice Tree Lighting.
Crystal Orphan, Administrator of McLeod Hospice and Palliative Care, presented the Spirit of Hospice award to M.B. Godbold during the event. “A volunteer with McLeod Hospice in Cheraw since 2017, M.B. visits with hospice patients, provides caregiver and bereavement support and joins in with vigils,” said Orphan. “He is also a member of the McLeod Hospice Advisory Board. Additionally, M.B. and his wife generously provided a donation to the McLeod Health Foundation for the purpose of transforming a hospital room at McLeod Health Cheraw into a special hospice inpatient room.”
Godbold was the 25th recipient of the award.
“A Light for Someone You Love” is sponsored by the McLeod Health Foundation to directly fund items needed for the McLeod Hospice House, to help patients remain comfortable in their homes and to provide bereavement care for families being served.
McLeod Hospice serves patients in Florence, Darlington, Dillon, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Horry, Lee, Sumter, Marion, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties.
While the lighted trees will brighten the community this season, the gifts they represent will help bring the light of hope to McLeod Hospice patients and their families.
