“The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, creating a virtual wave of light, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of children in a way that transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries.“Started in the United States in 1997, the Worldwide Candle Lighting is considered the largest mass candle lighting on the globe. ”The Compassionate Friends, creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.”
Here’s a video featuring last year’s event:
The Worldwide Candle Lighting started in the United States in 1997 as a small Internet observance but has since swelled in numbers as word has spread throughout the world of the remembrance.
If you plan to host and event, list your Worldwide Candle Lighting Service at CompassionateFriends.org
There has been much publicity surrounding this event including being featured over the years in Dear Abby,Annie’s Mailbox, Ann Landers column, Parade Magazine, Guideposts magazine, and literally hundreds of U.S. newspapers, dozens of television stations, and numerous websites and hundreds of personal blogs.
For more information about Worldwide Candle Lighting visit: http://www.compassionatefriends.org/news_events/Worldwide_Candle_Lighting.aspx
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*I will be lighting a candle for my daughter Alexis who passed away on February 6, 2007.
