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World Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony at San Francisco City Hall

Rainbow World Fund invites you to the 12th Annual RWF World Tree of Hope Official Tree Lighting Celebration.

Featuring a concert by the Grammy winning San Francisco Boys Chorus ● Armistead Maupin ● performances by Wick's Meggie Cansler and Cabaret's Joey Khoury accompanied by Matt Smart ● performance by Katie Maupin starring as "Mary Lennox" in 42nd Street Moon's The Secret Garden ● Emcees Cheryl Jennings and Donna Sachet ● Mayor Ed Lee ● Deputy Consul General of Japan Shoichi Nagayoshi ● Origami Artist Linda Mihara ● The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will bless the tree ● and much more! Admission is FREE. #worldtreeofhope #rainbowworldfund

WHEN: Monday, December 4 2016 • 6 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: San Francisco City Hall

FREE: Admission ● refreshments

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The RWF World Tree of Hope is a holiday tree at decorated with thousands of white origami cranes, each containing written notes of hope & peace from children and individuals from around the world. The tree is a gift from members of the LGBT community to the world - given to inspire hope and promote peace, love and humanitarianism.

Wishes from world leaders to school children, from San Francisco to Sir Lanka, make the RWF World Tree of Hope a powerful expression of people coming together to create a better world.

Be part of this unique symbol of global unity! Send us your wish, we'll turn it into an origami crane and put it on The World Tree of Hope. Click here to send your wish here.

See a 1 minute time lapse video of tree being decorated.

Video invitation to hope

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