MBH Tree of Life Raises $280,000 in Past 16 Years

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Co-chair Sam Macaluso welcomed guests to the 16th annual kick-off for the Marshall Browning Hospital Auxiliary Tree of Life campaign. This year the goal is $20,000. Proceeds will be used to purchase geri-chairs and patient-controlled analgesia pumps. Hospital CEO Bill Huff said that over the past 16 years, the Tree of Life campaign has raised approximately $280,000. The Auxiliary has paid for many improvements to the hospital, including a new chapel last year. Letters from Macaluso and co-chair Shirley Holmes seeking donations will be arriving in the mail this week. With each $25 donation, a light is lit on the tree. A list of donations is published weekly in the Du Quoin Evening Call. Donations are tax deductible.