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2,501 households participated in the
Luminaria Night 2008. Students from local
middle schools, high schools, and Lehigh
University, scouts of various ages,
neighborhood leaders, and many volunteers
assembled and distributed 5,924 kits. That
means that 59,240 candles, each in a
sand-weighted bag, burning with neighborly
kindness, illuminated Bethlehem, and the
lives of homeless families and mentally
disabled adults. Income from the event
totaled about $54,000 to support the work of
New Bethany Ministries. A large grass
roots network makes this wonderful
event possible each year. It
includes a leadership committee,
regional captains, block captains,
kit assembly volunteers, Wal-Mart of
Bethlehem, the City of Bethlehem
Parks and Recreation Department,
Northampton County Community
College, and thousands of
cooperative neighbors, all led by
Debbie Delgrosso.
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Luminaria 2009 will be on
Saturday, December 12. Our goal is
72,000 candles at 3,000 households.
If you want to
have an active part in this
wonderful event, please let us know.
The committee begins its work in
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