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Upcoming 'Light The Night Walk' Fundraisers Set For Napa, North Bay

The walks are the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual evening fundraisers to bring help and hope to those affected by cancer.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Northern California Chapter will be hosting its Napa Valley Light The Night Walk on Sept. 27 at Veterans Memorial Park in Napa and the North Bay Light The Night Walk will be taking place on Oct. 11 at Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa.

The evenings will start at 5 pm with food and festivities, and the walk will start at 7 pm.

The chapter will be kicking off its 2014 Light The Night® Walk campaign with the San Francisco Walk on Sept. 23, at 5 p.m. at AT&T Park.

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The Light The Night Walk is a powerful and unique fundraising campaign from LLS, which brings together families and communities to honor blood cancer survivors and loved ones lost to the disease.

The event also shines a light on the importance of finding cures and providing access to
treatments for blood cancer patients.

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In addition to the Napa, Santa Rosa and San Francisco walks, the Light The Night campaign will host walks in the following communities:


San Jose Walk – October 18, 2014

Discovery Meadow, San Jose.

East Bay Walk – October 25, 2014
Civic Park, Walnut Creek.

Peninsula Walk – November 1, 2014
City Hall Plaza, Palo Alto.

Sacramento Walk – November 1, 2014
Raley Field, West Sacramento.

The Light The Night Walk is a family-friendly, non-competitive two-mile walk route and is
accessible to all fitness levels. There is no minimum for fundraising, but participants who raise
$100 or more will become a Champion for Cures and will receive a t-shirt, dinner and an
illuminated lantern on the night of the walk.

All walkers who receive an illuminated lantern will show how their lives have been affected by blood cancer – white if they’re a survivor, red if they’re a supporter and gold if they’re walking in memory of a loved one. All cancer survivors in attendance at all Light The Night Walks are honored guests and will receive these items regardless of their fundraising level.

To register:

Napa Valley

Saturday September 27, 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Veteran’s Memorial Park

800 Main Street, Napa, CA 94559, USA Map

Register Now

North Bay-Santa Rosa

Saturday October 11, 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Old Courthouse Square-Santa Rosa

500 4th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA Map

Register Now


To learn more about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Northern California Chapter Light The Night Walks, visit www.LightTheNight.org/gba and www.LightTheNight.org/sac.


About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health agency
dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and
myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving
blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services for patients and their loved ones. Major LLS fundraising campaigns include Team In Training, Light The Night Walk, School & Youth, Man & Woman of the Year and Leukemia Cup Regatta.

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