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Light The Night For Newtown

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Lake Zurich Luminaries Show Newtown 'You Are Not Alone'

"Let Newtown know that far away in a Northwest suburb of Chicago-there are those who are praying for them and will never forget."

Lake Zurich neighbors came together to light luminaries, on Friday night, the one-week anniversary of the Sandy Hill Elementary School tragedy.  The Light the Night for Newtown was encouraged by Village President Suzanne Branding as a way to show the community of Newtown that people across the country care about them.  One neighborhood that had numerous luminaries was Red Bridge subdivision of Lake Zurich. Red Bridge resident Shelly Carlson was the force behind the Light the Night for Newtown event. Carlson explained her inspiration: When I saw on the Patch FB page that Grayslake had done a similar thing-I thought it would be wonderful if our community could do the same type of thing.  Newtown, CT could be Lake Zurich, IL.  We have a close…

Thursday, December 20, 2012

LZHS Student Supplies Candles for Light the Night for Newtown

Erin Leahy secured a donation of candles and is offering them to residents; all donations for candles will go to Newtown victims.

  Lake Zurich High School junior Erin Leahy is giving away hundreds of candles that were donated by Midwest Muscle Cars in Lake Zurich. She is hoping the candles will be used for Light the Night for Newtown, which will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 21, the one-week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. Donations received for the candles will go to defray the costs of the victims funeral expenses and college tuition of the victims' siblings, according to Dana Leahy, Erin’s mom.  Leahy had the idea to ask her uncle, Matt Renz, for the donation of candles. Renz, owner of Midwest Muscle Cars in Lake Zurich, also owned a candle making business in the past. Nick Juknelis, choir director at LZHS, is Leahy’s school sponsor …

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