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OCSO provides 360 hospice patients with decorated Christmas trees

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Jared Williams

Each year, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office teams up with Emerald Coast Hospice to make sure that patients know they’re on the Department’s Christmas radar.

The OCSO provides each patient with a small, hand-decorated Christmas tree.

It started 14 years ago with just 25 Christmas trees. Now, it has grown to 358 trees this year, with several schools pitching-in to help.

“This means that hospice patients as far away as Panama City will be able to brighten their rooms with a tangible tree symbolizing our Christmas spirit,” wrote the OCSO in a press release.

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