This year, Australians will come together to Light the Night in a new and special way as the Stanthorpe Light the Night’s 6th annual lantern lighting ceremony is thoughtfully re-imagined following the new world of COVID-19 restrictions.
Stanthorpe community members are invited to host their own Light the Night gatherings at home or at their preferred location with friends and family on Saturday 10 October.
By participating, you will join thousands of other private events across the country to take part in a new virtual lantern lighting ceremony, brought to life via video stream. At 8pm, registered participants will be able to stream the official ceremony from lightthenight.org.au or via YouTube as well as explore a glowing map of Australia that will feature thousands of Instagram posts from across the country through the hashtag #LightTheNightAU. The map is already live at the website – lighthenight.org.au
This year with no community events to be held, Light the Night will now light the night skies in lounge rooms, backyards, in hospitals and at local parks across the nation, with participants encouraged to follow all government restrictions and advice relating to COVID-19.
You are invited to register now and fundraise to receive an official lantern ahead of the night, or you can donate to the Stanthorpe Light the Night event by clicking on the link lightthenight.org.au/ and donating to the Stanthorpe event. You can choose how to ‘Light the Night’, by having a family dinner party, a sunset barbeque with close friends, a twilight picnic in the backyard or bedside in hospital with a loved one.
Everyone is invited to join in this special event that gives us all a chance to reflect, remember and share hope for a future free of blood cancer. Since Light the Night started in Australia 13 years ago, over 380,000 lanterns have been lit by people impacted by blood cancer, demonstrating how important this night is to the blood cancer community.
