Help Decorate San Francisco's 2026 World Tree of Hope - Nov. 1 to Nov. 30

Help decorate San Francisco's World Tree of Hope - the most unique holiday tree in the world.

The World Tree of Hope is a global holiday project that promotes peace, love, and humanitarianism in our community in San Francisco and for people worldwide.

The World Tree of Hope is the world's largest origami holiday tree, standing over 23 feet tall and decorated with more than 17,000 hand-folded origami cranes and stars, each inscribed with wishes for the world's future. The Tree symbolizes global unity and hope, promoting peace, love, and humanitarian action.

This is the tree's 21st anniversary! http://www.worldtreeofhope.org/

Decorating: There are many tasks to prepare the origami and start decorating the tree's branches (folding, wiring, sorting, and ironing...). There are no special skills needed. You don't need to know how to fold origami to help!

• Grace Cathedral graciously hosts the World Tree of Hope, the Tree is created by Rainbow World Fund

https://www.rainbowfund.org as a symbol of global unity and universal love. The Tree's purpose is purely humanitarian with the message that we are all one human family. It is open to everyone regardless of belief or non-belief.

There are lots of opportunities to help. All are welcome!

The decorating dates/times at Grace Cathedral (1100 California St., San Francisco) are from Nov. 1-30, 2026:

• Sunday, Nov. 1 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Thursday, Nov. 5 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Friday, Nov. 6 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Sunday, Nov. 8 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Thursday, Nov. 12 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Friday, Nov. 13 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Sunday, Nov. 15 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Thursday, Nov. 19 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Friday, Nov. 20 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Saturday, Nov. 21 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Sunday, Nov. 22 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Friday, Nov. 27 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Saturday, Nov. 28 from 10 AM to 6 PM
• Sunday, Nov. 29 from 12: 30 PM to 5 PM
• Monday, Nov. 30 from 10 AM to 6 PM

The tree lighting is on Monday, December 7, from 6:30 PM to 8 PM

We will take down the tree on Saturday, January 9, 2027, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

We can accommodate individuals and small groups of up to 25 volunteers.

• To volunteer, YOU MUST REGISTER:

Sign up here by filling out this Google form:

https://bit.ly/WorldTreeofHopeVolunteerSignUp

OR email Jeff at: jcotter@rainbowfund.org

• Please state

Please provide your available dates and times, so we can best match them and create the volunteer schedule. Please include your telephone number. We invite volunteers to sign up for a 3- or 4-hour shift. There is a lot to do, so feel free to stay longer or help on multiple days - just let us know.

We greatly appreciate volunteers who can sign up during the first several days to help us get off to a strong start!

Check out this time-lapse video of us decorating a previous year's tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUqq1vrqJTQ

About the Tree: http://www.worldtreeofhope.org/

Keywords: Christmas, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, Thanksgiving