Last year, almost 2000 luminaries were sold

Luminary committee makes a request
At the Captain's Night meeting on Thursday an interesting item was noted.
Last year, the Luminaries committee decided to change its displaying method for the 10 p.m. Luminary Ceremony. Instead of placing sand in a bag with the tea-light candle, a local company donated lumber so a volunteer could cut and then drill 2,100 wooden blocks to be placed inside the luminary bag.
Last year's Relay For Life included the sale of 1983 luminaries to remember either those who have died of cancer or to recognize people continuing to battle the disease.
However, the next morning, after the blocks were organized for storage, so they could be utilized again this year, just under 100 were missing. The committee recognizes this to be an innocent mistake as a souvenir from Relay can always be the candle and labelled bag, but the wooden blocks were intended to be re-used again and again.
The Relay For Life organizing committee would kindly ask any participants from last year, that if they have a wooden block from their luminary, could it be returned to the Canadian Cancer Society office at 65 Springbank North.
In the meantime, the Luminary sub-committee will soon be placing displays at various businesses around Woodstock to promote sales -- $5 each. You may also buy a Luminary on-line at www.relayforlife.ca/woodstock. They will also have a booth at the fairgrounds' Saturday farm market on three consecutive weekends -- May 25, June 1 and 8, plus a table at the May 11th FUNdraiser Day at Zellers / Foodland parking lot.