More neighborhoods participating

Look at the growing list!

Although every citizen has been invited to participate in SYLNight and one may never know how many citizens in which neighborhood are informally participating, listed below are the neighborhoods joining this year.

1. Arrowhead
2. Baycliff
3. Bellamy Plantation
4. Bellwood Estates
5. Bellwood Meadows
6. Carolanne Farms
7. Carolanne Point
8. Charlestowne*
9. Charlestowne East*
10. Charlestowne Lakes*
11. Charlestowne Woods*
12. Fairfield
13. Homestead
14. Huntington
15. Huntington Estates
16. Level Green and surrounding areas*
17. Neighbors in Hampton

Twin Canal has been removed from the list as they do not hold events after dark.

This running list incorporates neighborhoods who are working on their participation this year*, as well as those from last year that reserved specific SYLNight reusable luminaries.

Calling ALL Leagues and Realtors

League and Home Owner Association Leaders;
Realtors selling any home in Va. Beach - a partnership will help everyone!

LEAGUES/COMMUNITY GROUPS:
This is a time to set your neighborhood, and the homes for sale within it, above all others to get homes sold and keep your home sale prices up! Neighborhoods that participate in the warming event, Share Your Light Night can be a deal maker and help maintain home prices because it may give you a one-up on the competition. Another option is for Civic Leagues is to offer a previous copy of your newsletter for the potential new home owner. This will strengthen your civic league by being a tool to recruit future members or volunteers.

It is known that neighborhoods that are organized have more appeal than those that do not. When selling in the winter, if neighbors know there is a way to instantly meet other neighbors through this wonderful event, it will give potential buyers something to look forward to... an opportunity to picture the wonderful life everyone dreams of...

REALTORS:
If there is a home for sale in any particular neighborhood within Va. Beach in November or December, let perspective home buyers learn about Share Your Light Night by offering them information about SYLNight - displayed luminaries and a handout waiting on them for whomever will purchase. Also, if not sold before December 13th, Realtors should consider holding a mini-luminary event in December through setting up an open house to finalize the deal. Have your home and on both homes on either side, as well as the three across the street display luminaries. You will instantly set the stage that their home, that they buy will possibly be their home for a lifetime... just as Virginia Beach is a city for a lifetime.

If a potential buyer is considering your Va. Beach home vs. a home in Norfolk or Chesapeake, this could be the cherry-on-top that you and your potential buyers are looking for to close the deal.

NATIONWIDE REACH - Remembering and reestablishing the bond shared by most citizens soon after 9-11

Illuminate A Cause, LLC is looking to connect with other communities nationwide. IAC has written other citizens that display luminaries and asked them to join SYLNight this December and help us grow this event nationally.

Email us or call to let us know you will be participating in Share Your Light Night (SYLNight) this year so we can add you to the growing list.

As you know, this event is held to unite neighbors, those that are near and those that are far. We started on the neighborhood level, brought it citywide and it now has spread to others areas of our region. Now it is time to spread it nationwide.

It is the goal of SYLNight to empower citizens and create camaraderie between neighbors. This will encourage stewardship of our communities nationwide. Through this event, we hope to create close-knit neighborhoods where we all look out for one another - just as we did soon after 9-11.

NEW BRIGHTER LIGHTS

No matter how brightly lit your neighborhood is, the new tea lights seen on the right will provide a brilliant show for you and neighbors walking about your community this December 13th.

Please register your neighborhood as a participant in this year's SHARE YOUR LIGHT NIGHT by email or phone. No matter where you get your luminary products, the important thing is we all come together to unite with fellow neighbors.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 13th at 7 PM. Let's unite our city.

ARE YOU WANTING TO PARTICIPATE?

Share Your Light Night

EVERY YEAR in DECEMBER

The Second Saturday @ 7 PM

* This year - December 13th *

If you are curious or want to participate, call or email 24 hours a day:

PHONE: (757) 714-2772 EMAIL: shareyourlightnight@yahoo.com

TAKE YOUR FIRST STEP and register with Illuminate A Cause, LLC (hereafter referred to as “IAC”) as a neighbor wanting to seed this luminary tradition for your fellow neighbors; a beautiful unifying event in the spirit of the holidays.

HOW DO YOU GET THE APPROVED SYLNight LUMINARIES AT BULK PRICES?

A luminary set could be as little as $1.50 each (a significant savings). Options include arranging for direct orders to be sent to and managed by IAC... or arrange orders in bulk to possibly raise funds for local or national charities. There are many choices. Call or email today.

If you are in an UNREPRESENTED NEIGHBOROOD, IAC especially wants to talk with you. You and your neighbors are important to IAC and through our collaboration; we will touch lives and improve your neighborhood through this event.

ATTENTION ORGANIZED NEIGHBORHOODS:
● Civic Leagues ● Homeowner Associations ● Neighborhood Watch Groups ●
● Condo Associations ● Apartment Complexes ●

If you live in an ORGANIZED NEIGHBORHOOD such as those listed above, contact your local organization to let them know you will be representing your neighborhood in this year’s citywide event and see if they can support this event in some way. IAC will also reach out to collaborate and support your group.