Team members are invited to submit their own photos to be used as decorations for the Ballad Health community Christmas trees we sponsor and decorate each holiday season, with the submission deadline set for Tuesday, Sept. 1.
This is a way to pay homage to the everyday heroes we have working in our hospitals and offices. We’re asking for photos of our team members that are NOT from the workplace, but instead are outside the work environment and show our team members doing various other activities – celebrating a milestone, running a 5K with a fellow team member, working in the garden, doing volunteer work, attending a parade or community event, etc.
Ballad Health Christmas trees will be located in the following cities:
- Johnson City, Tennessee
- Kingsport, Tennessee
- Norton, Virginia
- Bristol, Virginia*
*Rather than traditional live trees, the Believe in Bristol display will feature professionally installed “flagpole light trees” without ornaments, so no photo submissions are needed for that tree.
The trees are usually decorated in November and are on display from shortly after Thanksgiving until just after New Year’s Day.
Due to size limitations of the trees, we will only be able to use a certain number of photos. Team members will be notified if they have a photo selected.
NOTE: Be sure to read the photo requirements and restrictions listed below before submitting photos.
Photo requirements
- Must be taken OUTSIDE the workplace
- Must be high resolution
- Must be taken within the last year
What NOT to include:
- Photos taken in clinical, patient care or work environments
- Images that include patients or patient information
- Photos that are not your own or that you do not have permission to share
- Low-resolution, blurry, heavily filtered or AI-generated images
- Images containing inappropriate, offensive or unprofessional content
- Photos taken more than one year ago
For more information, contact Brook Knowles at brook.knowles@balladhealth.org or 828-897-1918.
