About Light The Night
IN-PERSON EVENT DATE: 09/16/2021
VIRTUAL EVENT DATE: 09/28/2021
See more details below.
As a mission-driven health organization, the safety and well-being of blood cancer patients, their families, and the many staff, volunteers, donors, partners, and campaign participants who serve them is our top priority. With this in mind, we are taking special safety measures at our Light The Night events this Fall. Here is what you can expect on-site if you choose to Light The Night with us in person on 09/16/2021 at Falls Park, Sioux Falls.
Participants will be required to submit a quick wellness screening before picking up their lanterns. The screening will be accessible at the event via your mobile device. We will also share the screening link one-day pre-event via email. On-site, we are asking all participants to sanitize, social distance and facial coverings are strongly recommended for all.
In addition to our in-person event offering, Sioux Falls Light The Night will also take place virtually on 09/28/2021 at 7:00 PM. We strongly advise patients, regardless of their vaccination status, to participate in our virtual event rather than attending in person. We also advise individuals who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including children under the age of 12, to participate virtually. All registered participants will receive an email with instructions for joining our virtual Light The Night experience the week leading up to the event.
Regardless of your chosen format, we will Light The Night and bring light to the darkness of cancer together!
IN-PERSON EVENT
Date: 09/16/2021
Location: Falls Park, 131 E Falls Park Dr Sioux Falls SD
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
6:30 PM – Festival Activities Begin
8:05 PM - Opening Ceremony Begins
8:30 PM – Walk Begins (immediately after Opening Ceremony)
9;15 PM – Fireworks Show (immediately after walk)
PARKING
If you have not received an email from Madison Woodfine or Jennifer.Stein@LLS.org please proceed to General Parking in the Farmers Market Lot tomorrow evening.
NEW and exciting this year, our very generous Light The Way sponsor, Wheelco, will be shuttling Light The Night participants to and from the designated parking areas on event night via a 4-person and 6-person golf cart. There will be signage noting the specific pick-up sights night of.
DONATION COLLECTION
Upon your arrival at Falls Park, we will have a Donation Collection tent available should you have any remaining donations to turn in or if you would like to donate on the spot. Be ready to complete a quick form and seal your donation funds into an envelope provided by LLS volunteers.
Important to note: We strongly encourage you to get your donations in ONLINE prior to Thursday, September 16!
T-SHIRTS
As you know, if you raise $100+, you earn the 2021 Light The Night T-shirt! This year the t-shirts are shipped directly to your home! There will be NO t-shirt pick up on site the night of Thursday, September 16. You will receive a redemption email confirmation once you have met the $100+ milestone in your fundraising and your t-shirt will be directly mailed to you. Reminder, we cannot guarantee that you will receive your t-shirt in advance of the walk so the sooner you raise or donate $100+, the sooner you'll get your t-shirt!
SURVIVORS
There will be a designated tent for all survivors to pick up their iconic White Lantern and unique Survivor T-shirt on-site. Look for the tent banner: Avera & Pharmacyclics & Janssen White Lantern Presenting Sponsors.
LANTERNS
Lanterns will be available for pick up upon arrival at COLOR-designated tents. There will be ONE White Lantern/Survivor Pick Up Tent, ONE Gold Lantern Tent, and ONE Red Lantern Tent. Follow designated signage!
NEW this year! With the health and safety of our blood cancer patients, Light The Night participants & supporters, volunteers and LLS staff in mind, we have implemented a COVID-19 wellness screening. This wellness screening has been shared and linked in this email. You can complete the wellness screening in advance or upon arrival. Wellness screenings are required for entry into the Light The Night Festival area and in order to pick up your lantern!
No wellness screening = no lantern!
FOOD
We will have THREE food trucks on site serving food available for purchase! Food Trucks participating are listed below. Please plan to bring cash and/or credit card to pay for any food items!
Breaking Burrito
Curbside Delights
Harry's Yellow Submarine
In our VIP Lounge, we will be serving Jersey Mike's Sub sandwiches and cookies. Both items will be individually wrapped and sealed in a Ziploc bag. Volunteers will be handing these food items out to all participants who enter the VIP Lounge.
Remember, you can gain access to our exclusive VIP Lounge by raising $1,000+ and becoming a Bright Light!
Event Day Health & Safety Protocols: What to Expect
As a mission-driven health organization, the safety and well-being of blood cancer patients, their families, and the many staff, volunteers, donors, partners, and campaign participants who serve them is our top priority. With this in mind, we are taking special safety measures, reviewed regularly, at our Light The Night events this Fall.
Here is what you can expect on-site if you choose to Light The Night with us in person…
Participants will be required to submit a quick wellness screening upon arrival, before picking up their lantern. The screening will be accessible at the event via your mobile device. We will also share the screening link one day pre-event via email. On site, we are asking all participants to sanitize, social distance and facial coverings are highly recommended for all.
In addition to our in-person event offering, Sioux Falls Light The Night will also take place virtually on Tuesday, September 28. We strongly advise patients, regardless of their vaccination status, to participate in our virtual event rather than attending in person. We also advise individuals who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including children under the age of 12, to participate virtually. All registered 2021 Light The Night participants will receive an email the week of the event with details and links for joining our Virtual Experience.
Let’s celebrate on the SAFE side…
Submit your wellness screening
Always sanitize and social distance
Facial coverings strongly recommended
Enjoy your night!
Additional Health and Safety Protocol includes…
- Contactless Wellness Screening (required to receive a lantern)
- Additional Cleaning and Sanitization Supplies
- Additional Signage and spacing of tents and other elements
- Additional Lantern Tent(s) to help spread out crowded areas
- No Walker Fundraising t-shirts distributed onsite
- No Champions for a Cure food
- Water for participants – individual bottles to be distributed by Volunteers with masks and gloves
- No Kids Zone or limited Kids Zone with reduced high-touch activities
- No remembrance Pavilion, but will use an open tent to have similar remembrance opportunity
We are excited to Light The Night - in person this Thursday, September 16 at Falls Park and virtually on Tuesday, September 28 via Zoom. Regardless of your chosen format, we will Light The Night and bring light to the darkness of cancer together. We can’t wait to Light The Night with you!
VIRTUAL EVENT
Date: 09/28/2021
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Details for joining the virtual event will be sent to all registered participants the week before the virtual event.
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