The Compassionate Friends invite you to join us on December 9, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at Pzazz Resort Complex/ Huckleberry Hall-Room C (Across from Hachi Grille) 3001 Winegard Dr., Burlington, Iowa for the local chapters participation in the Worldwide Candle Lighting.
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause.
As candles are lit at 7:00 p.m. local time, creating a virtual wave of light, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of beloved children in a way that transends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boudaries.
Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the Worldwide Candle Lighting, a gift to the bereavement community from the Compassionate Friends, creates a virtual 24 hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held annually and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.