The RWF World Tree of Hope

The Rainbow World Fund (RWF) World Tree of Hope ® is the largest origami decorated holiday tree in the world, standing over 23 feet tall and decorated with over 17,000 origami cranes and stars each hand folded and inscribed with wishes for the future of the world.

The RWF World Tree of Hope is created each year as a symbol of global unity to promote peace, love, and humanitarianism. The tree is created by Rainbow World Fund as a gift from the LGBTQ+ and friends community to the world. The tree was displayed at San Francisco City Hall for eleven years. 2022 will be the sixth year that the tree will be displayed at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The Tree lighting celebration is on Monday, December 4, 2023 from 6:30-8pm - learn more here.

Designed as the world's most unique holiday tree, people worldwide can help decorate the tree by simply sharing their wish for the future. At the invitation of Rainbow World Fund are sent in from around the world by mail and online at http://www.worldtreeofhope.org. The wishes are then printed and folded into origami cranes by a diverse team of volunteers including members of San Francisco's LGBTQ+ and Japanese American communities, survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, local children, and life-sentence prisoners from San Quentin. The origami "crane wishes" are then placed on the tree. Over three hundred people come together, donating over 2,500 hours to create the tree.

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.

Notable wish contributors include President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Dame Jane Goodall, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Frances Moore Lappe, Arianna Huffington, Mariela Castro, Isabel Allende, Shirley Temple Black and Courtney Cox. Many children also contribute wishes to the tree. See sampling of wishes here. With so many people coming together to create the tree It is easy to understand why it is dubbed by many as "the people's tree".

We invite you to 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 RWF World Tree of Hope.

Sending a wish is FREE, and open to all!

 The tree will be on display at Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco from December 1, 2022 to January 7, 2023 where it is seen by thousands of visitors from around the world.

The official tree lighting Admission is FREE. Please RSVP on Facebook.Not on Facebook? RSVP Here!