Light The Night Mini Walk

Coming To Newtown October 24

On Saturday, October 24, the Connecticut chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will be holding a Mini Light The Night Walk a Newtown High School. The event is in conjunction with LLS’s four 2009 Light The Night fundraising walks across Connecticut.

Light The Nightis LLS’s annual evening walk that raises funds for blood cancer research and patient programs. These unique, family-friendly, evening walks celebrate and commemorate lives touched by blood cancers. Participants at the walks carry illuminated balloons — white for survivors, red for supporters, and gold to remember those who have lost their battle.

There is no minimum fundraising requirement to participate in Light The Night, but a donation of $10 per person or more is greatly appreciated, and will help save lives and find cures for leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.

Co-chairs in Newtown are Ginny Chion and Colette Ercole, along with Gregg Simons. They all have walk teams and were instrumental in bringing this fun community event to Newtown and its residents.

In addition to the two-hour event at Newtown High School later this month, people can participate by having fundraisers of their own or asking for donations. Volunteers and in-kind donations are always needed. Teams can consider holding a car wash, tag sale, or sell paper balloons to raise funds and spread awareness. Fundraising and walking count as community service hours for all interested students.

To find out more about participating in a Light The Night Walk or the Newtown Community event, Companies, businesses or individuals can call either Ms Chion at 426-0851 or Ms Ercole at 426-9035 for more information. Anyone interested in the event should visit the Newtown Mini Walk Celebrations webpage at pages.LightTheNight.org/ct/Norwalk09/NewtownMiniWalkCelebration to register online or to find other teams already registered.

Registration at the event begins at 5:30. The walk will begin around 7.