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Lights of Hope event to honor people touched by cancer Oct. 17 at Lake Mendota Park · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Lights of Hope event to honor people touched by cancer, october seventeenth
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  at Lake Mendota Park.
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  Written by Michael Urbanac This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlit. Residents can decorate and Lights bags
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  in honor or memory of people who have faced cancer at a
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  Lights of Hope event scheduled for Saturday, October 17th at Lake Mendota
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  Park. The event, organized by local cancer advocate Jesse Arellano; and the
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  American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, is set to begin at four
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  p.m. According to a news release. A DJ will play music, and
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  Lights of Hope Bags will be for sale, with a decorating station
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  where attendees can add names, messages, or artwork for loved ones. A
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  ceremony with speakers is planned for 6 p.m. Scheduled speakers include State
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  Senator Lee Arolano, State Representative Brad Fritz, a leukemia survivor, Nancy Jackson,
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  a breast cancer survivor, and Susan Olivo Marston, Director of Cancer Epidemiology
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  at the Simmons Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine,
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  who is also a breast cancer survivor. Jamie London, a radio personality
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  on Shaw Media Stations, whose parents are cancer survivors, is scheduled to
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  emcee. Jesse Arellano said he organized the event after seeing too many
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  friends, their families, and current and former co-workers receive a cancer diagnosis.
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  Lights of Hope is the advocacy group's signature fundraiser. MoneyRaised supports its
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  work to make cancer a priority for public officials and candidates at
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  the federal, state, and local levels, according to the release.