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News and Updates
News and Updates
Jam For A Cause With Jelly!
Join us at McFadden's Restaurant and Saloon (134 2nd Avenue North) on Thursday, February 16th from 9pm- Midnight! Cost is $5 and 50% of admission goes to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Everyone that says "I'm with Jelly" gets a wristband for drink specials, and in honor of your Auntie's Birthday, the featured drink for the night is The Purple Jelly. Come on out and help us in our fight against blood cancer!
Bartending Competition benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
On February 21st from 5-9pm, Fat Tuesday, Hooters of Rivergate is hosting a Charity Bartending Competition and Auction to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. VIP Tables and Bar Seats are available. Come and cheer on your favorite bartender and support blood cancer research and patient services at the same time!
Pretty Woman - A Night of Music in Memory of Barbara Orbison
Come to the Listening Room Cafe on Thursday, January 26th for a fun night of music benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Doors open at 6pm with music from 7-10pm. Performers include Tommy Lee James, Tony Martin, Kevin Kaoish, and more! For more information, please visit www.listeningroomcafe.com. Hope to see you there!
HCA Bingo Night
HCA's Light The Night Walk Teams are hosting a Bingo Night in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society next Wednesday, October 12, 2011 from 5:30pm - 9pm. The event is sponsored by HCA Corporate, The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center and SCRI, and will include food, drinks, and great prizes including a $100 gift card to Nordstrom, a $350 bicycle, restaurant gift cards and more! Bingo Night will take place at HCA Corporate Building 1 - Auditorum at One Park Plaza in Nashville, and includes a $25 entry donation at the door. Everyone is invited, so bring your family and friends - fun for all ages! Can't make it to Bingo Night but still want to help out? We invite you to join the HCA Light The Night Walk Team or make a donation here.
Team Haynes Fundraisers
Light The Night's Team Haynes is hosting several fundraisers coming up, and all Light-The-Nighters are invited to join the fun! In September and October, shop for Scentsy home fragrances online and support blood cancer research at the same time! Visit https://afoxworthy.scentsy.us/Buy to begin shopping. On Sunday, October 9th, Team Haynes will be "Painting For A Purpose" at Painting With A Twist in Murfreesboro from 3pm-5pm. Click here to sign up or to get more information.
UFCW Local 1995 Leukemia Fundraiser Golf Tournament
UFCW Local 1995 welcomes you to a day of fun and the opportunity to help others at the same time! Come out on Thursday, September 8th to the Windtree Golf Course at 810 Nonaville Road, Mount Juliet, TN for golf, lunch, prizes and fun. Shotgun Start is at 8:30am. To participate as a player, please fill out the following form. To participate as a sponsor, please fill out the following form. For more information, please call 615-885-9060 ext. 14. Hope to see you there!
Gospel Concert sponsored by the Blackman United Methodist Church
In an effort to help raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk, Blackman United Methodist Church is sponsoring a gospel concert on Sunday, September 11th at 3:30pm. The gospel quartet "The Work In Progress" will be hosting the concert. The church is located at 4380 Manson Pike, Murfreesboro, TN 37129.
Affinion Golf Tournament Fundraiser
On Thursday, September 29, 2011 Affinion is hosting a Golf Tournament at the Hermitage Golf Course President's Reserve in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Country music artist Troy Olsen will be hosting the event. Don't miss a day of golf, great music, dinner, and the opportunity to help find a cure for cancer! For information on how to register, please contact Carol Bigham at 615-764-2560.
Predators Proceeds Night: Saturday, October 15th
The Nashville Predators have teamed up with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to bring you this special offer. For just $40/ticket, you and your family will receive All-You-Can-Eat Seats in the Mezzanine Level. In addition, $10 from every ticket sold will be donated back to LLS. Follow this link and support the Predators' efforts to raise money for blood cancer research!
East Tennessee Light The Night Kick-off Luncheon 2011
Thanks to everyone who attended the East Tennessee Light The Night Kick-off Luncheon at Calhouns on the River last Thursday! With over 90 attendees including the UT Cheerleaders, the UT Mascots, the Voice of the Vols Bob Kesling, and a room full of noisemakers, the excitement and enthusiasm for Knoxville's Light The Night Walk on October 27, 2011 is building!
Be sure to check out pictures from this amazing event! Knoxville Kick-off 2011 Album 2
Bob Kesling and Lori Friel talk about Light The Night on WBIR's Live at Five
On Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Lori Friel and Bob Kesling, Voice of the Vols, were featured on WBIR's Live at Five. The interview consisted of a personal testimony from Bob, an overview of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, as well as an invitation to viewers to take part in this year's Light The Night walk on October 27th in Knoxville. Bob Kesling will be the emcee at Knoxville's Light The Night Kick-off Luncheon on Thursday, August 18th at Calhoun's on the River from 11:30-1pm. If you are interested in attending the Luncheon, please RSVP to Chelsea Ouellette by email at chelsea.ouellette@lls.org or by phone at 615-331-2980 ext 21.
Middle Tennessee Light The Night Kick-off Luncheon 2011
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Middle Tennessee Light The Night Kick-off Luncheon this past Thursday at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel! We had over 185 attendees, learned some new fundraising tips, and got everyone excited about the walk on October 14th at LP Field. If you would still like to register for the walk, go to www.lightthenight.org/tn/register. We look forward to seeing you all in October!
And be sure to check out the Kick-off pictures on our Light The Night facebook page! Light The Night is on Facebook!
360 Degrees of Light Ball
Affinion's fundraising team, 360 Degrees of Light, hosted a fundraising gala and silent auction on Friday, July 22 at the Market Street Emporium and raised over $8,000 to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! They had music, gourmet hors d' oeurvres, a signature Light The Night margarita and wine tastings. The event was hosted by the Tennessee Titans' Will Witherspoon.
On Friday, July 8 Chili's and Auntie Jelly are raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
With each flyer presented on Auntie Jelly's Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Night, Chilis will donate 10% of the sales to LLS. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Night is Friday, July 8 from 11AM to 11PM, only at Chili's Vanderbilt (2322 West End Ave, Nashville). Be sure to print out and bring the flyer, and we'll see you there!
Earn Free Gas by Fundraising Online in July and August
Between July 1 and August 31, every $250 you fundraise online for Light The Night gets you a $15 gas card, and for every $500 you fundraise online, you get a $50 gas card. So register today for the 2011 walks, and get started earning free gas for your summer travel!
Survivor Portraits to Benefit Light The Night
Through the end of the year, Michael Broyles Photography in Knoxville is offering a special promotion to benefit Light The Night. Survivors who want to commemorate their battle with cancer can make a $20 donation and receive a portrait consultation, photography session and 8x10 portait. For a $50 donation, you will receive a portrait consultation, photography session and 11x14 print. For more information, please contact Michael Broyles Photography at 865-777-5683.
Scrubs Fundraiser at Centennial Medical Center
Centennial Medical Center is hosting a scrubs sale to benefit Light The Night from 3:00 pm on Tuesday, May 3rd through 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 5th with Uniforms of America. If you need new scrubs, please come by the tower garden area at Centennial (2400 Patterson Street, Nashville). The sale will be open all day and night to accommodate night shifts. For questions or special requests,
please contact Leigh Ann Stamps at 615-342-3057 or Leigh.Stamps@hcahealthcare.com.
From March 17 - 20, save 30% at Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Banana Republic Factory Store and Gap Outlet in-store, and 5% of what you spend goes back to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Just click here to print your coupon and save some green while helping save lives!
We invite you to come out and raise funds for Light The Night and the Children's Miracle Network...and get a little exercise while you're at it!
Hooters' March Fundraising Campaign From March 1- 31st, Hooters stores across the country have agreed to sell paper balloon icons to raise funds for Light The Night, so we encourage you to stop by your local Hooters, have some wings and ask your waitress if you can buy a paper balloon to help fund cures for blood cancers!
Rick Friel and Friends Fundraiser in Knoxville On Tuesday, October 12, Rick Friel and Friends will be hosting a Light The Night fundraiser at the Chili's at 120 W. Mabry Hood Road (by Pellissippi and Kingston Pike). Stop by for lunch, dinner or take-out and Chili's will donate 10% of your sales to LLS when you present this flyer!
Palmer's Pride Club for East Tennessee Light The Night Walk Mike and Lori Palmer, along with their children Anthony and Anna Palmer, have reached two incredible milestones this year. First and foremost, 2010 marks the ten-year anniversary of Mike being in remission! If that wasn't enough cause for celebration, this year also marks a fundraising milestone: through their participation in LLS' Team In Training and Light The Night Walk campaigns, the Palmers have raised an amazing $100,000! To honor the Palmer family and their contribution to saving lives over the years, we are pleased to announce the Palmer's Pride Club. Teams participating in the East Tennessee Light The Night Walk that have a cumulative fundraising total of $10,000 will become members of this exclusive club and will be recognized on the Light The Night website. When a team raises $10,000 in one year, they will be admitted into the VIP Palmer's Pride area on the night of the Walk. In the VIP Palmer's Pride area, teams will receive a tent with food and t-shirts, a volunteer to help them with anything they might need, and team recognition on a Palmer's Pride banner. We are pleased to announce the first teams to become Palmer's Pride members: Alpha Omicron Pi Please join me in welcoming these new members to Palmer's Pride!
For more information on Country Faces Cancer, click here. To read more about this interview, click here.
Gap Give & Get Campaign
Derby Dash 5K Run to Benefit Light The Night!
On Sunday, March 20th, the Sigma Chi fraternity at Vanderbilt University will kick off their annual Derby Days competition, a week-long event in which sororities compete against each other in various activities and ultimately raise funds for a local charity. This year, the Sigma Chi's have generously agreed to share a portion of proceeds from one of these activities - the Derby Dash 5K Run - with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night campaign!
BUMC Concert Fundraiser
You are cordially invited to a southern gospel singing featuring the Work In Progress quartet!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Blackman United Methodist Church
Murfreesboro, TN
Work In Progress members are Phil Glass, Luke Hendrix, Wayne Rollins and Robb Stringfield. The Sound Technician is Adam Glass.
Note: An offering will be taken to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).Directions: From I-24, take the Medical Center Parkway/Manson Pike Exit. From Nashville, turn right on Manson Pike (going away from Murfreesboro). From Chattanooga, turn left on Manson Pike (going away from Murfreesboro). From the interstate, Blackman UMC is 1.8 miles on the right
B&W Y-12
CH2M Hill Knoxville
Gladiators
Katie's Krewe
Palmer's Pedestrians
UT Baseball
Opry All Stars Silent Auction
From September 3rd - 27th, The Grand Ole Opry is hosting an online silent auction to raise money for their Light The Night Walk team, the Opry All Stars. For information on how to bid on some amazing items, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/silentauctionlightthenight/
Nashville's Battle of the Stylists 2010
Calling all hair stylists! If you would like the chance to showcase your skills and win a 4-week billboard spread over Nashville, then sign up now to compete in Nashville's Battle of the Stylists 2010. The competition will be held from 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on October 24th at Two Rivers Mansion, and 20% of proceeds will go to LLS! For more information on the competition and how to participate, please visit www.battleofthestylists.org.
Blake Shelton Fan Club Party to Benefit Light The Night's Country Faces Cancer
(Left to right) Nan Kelley, Great American Country (GAC) host; Melissa Hudson-Gant, Tennessee Light The Night campaign director; Kaye Skonieczny, Light The Night national director of partnership development; Carol Large, Blake Shelton fan club president; and Blake Shelton.
Country music star Blake Shelton partnered with LLS to host a fan club party at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville on June 10, 2010. Shelton and his fans raised $30,609 to be used by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for patient aid and research through participation in Country Faces Cancer, an initiative of Light The Night.
Light The Night on NBRN Radio
On June 10, 2010, Light The Night national director of partnership development Kaye Skonieczny and Tennessee Light The Night campaign director Melissa Hudson-Gant visited the National Broadcasting Radio Network (nbrn.com) to participate in a special hour-long broadcast to talk about Light The Night and its Country Faces Cancer initiative.
