Share Your Light Night is Saturday in Verona
Members of two local groups are reaching out for the public to help with a fundraiser designed to light up Verona this holiday season while bringing thousands of dollars to local organizations.
Luminary candle kits will be given away this Wednesday and will help fund
On Saturday, Dec. 11, members of The Junior Woman's Club of Verona and Verona-Essex Juniorettes will sponsor the second-annual Share Your Light Night - an event where residents throughout Verona line their streets with luminaries.
Luminaries are white bags filled with sand to hold a candle that burns for six to eight hours.
The candles will be lit at 5 p.m., creating a ribbon of light symbolizing neighborhood unity, Mughetto said.
"Last year we raised a nice amount of money for Verona students," Mughetto said. "This year we thought more people would pick them up at the Verona Fair in the Square, but they did not."
Mughetto said a table had been set up at the Verona Fair in the Square festival on Saturday. Despite a festival turnout of hundreds, very few candles were picked up.
The Junior Woman's Club is now urging residents to pick up their luminaries at the Verona Community Center playground snack bar on Wednesday, Dec. 8 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mughetto said there are as many as 400 candles left.
Each luminary kit costs $13. In addition to
For further information, or to pick up a candle after Wednesday, call Judy Henning at 973-857-4552.
E-mail: attrino@northjersey.com
Members of two local groups are reaching out for the public to help with a fundraiser designed to light up Verona this holiday season while bringing thousands of dollars to local organizations.
Luminary candle kits will be given away this Wednesday and will help fund scholarships and social service organizations, according to Rita Mughetto, a member of The Junior Woman's Club of Verona.
On Saturday, Dec. 11, members of The Junior Woman's Club of Verona and Verona-Essex Juniorettes will sponsor the second-annual Share Your Light Night - an event where residents throughout Verona line their streets with luminaries.
Luminaries are white bags filled with sand to hold a candle that burns for six to eight hours.
The candles will be lit at 5 p.m., creating a ribbon of light symbolizing neighborhood unity, Mughetto said.
"Last year we raised a nice amount of money for Verona students," Mughetto said. "This year we thought more people would pick them up at the Verona Fair in the Square, but they did not."
Mughetto said a table had been set up at the Verona Fair in the Square festival on Saturday. Despite a festival turnout of hundreds, very few candles were picked up.
The Junior Woman's Club is now urging residents to pick up their luminaries at the Verona Community Center playground snack bar on Wednesday, Dec. 8 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mughetto said there are as many as 400 candles left.
Each luminary kit costs $13. In addition to scholarships for Verona students, the money will be donated to the Verona Rescue Squad and the Verona Fire Department, Mughetto said.
For further information, or to pick up a candle after Wednesday, call Judy Henning at 973-857-4552.
E-mail: attrino@northjersey.com
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