SLIDE SHOW: HOTEL Inc memorializes clients who have passed in 2025
Published 1:00 pm Friday, December 19, 2025
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Over 100 jingle bells hang on the HOTEL Inc. Christmas tree representing the number of clients the organization helped move from homelessness to housing in 2025 as board members and visitors gather for the organization’s annual memorial service to honor clients who passed way in 2025 on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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HOTEL Inc. Executive Director Karen Foley speaks about the importance of sharing stories about the clients the organization serves during the annual memorial service for clients who passed away in 2025 on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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HOTEL Inc. Community Navigator Harold Bucy lights a candle in memory of one of the organization’s clients who passed way in 2025 during the annual memorial service on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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HOTEL Inc. Community Navigator Shelley Carter reads a poem at the organization’s annual memorial service for clients who passed away in 2025 on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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HOTEL Inc. Americorps Navigator Paula Cox speaks during the organization’s annual memorial service for clients who passed away in 2025 on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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Candles are lit for clients who passed away in 2025 at HOTEL Inc.’s annual memorial service on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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HOTEL Inc. Executive Director Karen Foley lights a candle in memory of clients who passed way in 2025 during the annual memorial service on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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HOTEL Inc. Director of Operations Rebecca Troxell reads a poem at the organization’s annual memorial service for clients who passed away in 2025 on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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Six new jingle bells are set out to be added to the 108 bells on the HOTEL Inc. Christmas tree representing the number of clients the organization helped move from homelessness to housing in 2025 during the organization’s annual memorial service to honor clients who passed way in 2025 on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
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Six new jingle bells are added to the 108 bells on the HOTEL Inc. Christmas tree representing the number of clients the organization helped move from homelessness to housing in 2025 during the organization’s annual memorial service to honor clients who passed way in 2025 on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Grace McDowell)
HOTEL Inc. board members and guests gathered on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, to remember and mourn clients who passed away in 2025 and to celebrate those the organization helped from homelessness to housing throughout the year during the organization’s annual memorial service.
