Annual
Winter Lights Festival Benefits Local Charities
The City of Gaithersburg Winter
Lights Festival welcomes visitors to Seneca CreekState Park for its 17th season. The
Park is located at 11950 Clopper Road, just a few miles west of the
intersection with I-270. The festival runs nightly from November 30 through
December 31. It is closed on December 25.
In the spirit of the holidays, a
portion of the admission proceeds from the 2012 festival will benefit eight
local charities. Mercy Health Clinic, a non-sectarian, not-for-profit,
community health care provider, offers free, high quality medical care,
educational support and pharmaceuticals to uninsured, low-income adult
residents of MontgomeryCounty. The People-4-People Employment Assistance
Program administered through Immanuel’s Church is a collaborative
outreach program that provides free employment assistance, educational
training, and technical, consultant, spiritual, and emotional support to job
seekers.
NAMI Montgomery County, the Montgomery County affiliate of National Alliance on
Mental Illness, is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to improving
the lives of those impacted by mental illnesses. Rebuilding Together
Montgomery County is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to
helping elderly and/or disabled low-income homeowners and families with
children through home renovation and repair.
Hospice Caring, Inc. provides caring, compassionate, practical and high-quality,
non-medical support services, without charge, to every Montgomery County
resident who is facing a life-threatening illness or is grieving the death of a
family member or loved one. Women Who Care Ministries is a
faith-inspired, community outreach nonprofit organization that offers safety
net services to those who are low-income and need assistance with overcoming
hunger, domestic violence, homelessness, and substance abuse.
TLC -The Treatment and
Learning Centers is a private,
nonprofit organization that annually serves more than 2,200 children and adults
with a wide range of special needs by offering a host of serviceswithin
a single organization. Friends
of Seneca Creek State Park, a
nonprofit, volunteer “Friends” organization, is dedicated to the enhancement of
the SenecaCreek State Park experience for visitors by providing financial
support and other resources to the park.
Winter Lights is open Sunday through
Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. The
Festival is closed on December 25. Cash-only admission is $12 per car Monday
through Thursday and $15 per car Friday through Sunday.
Winter Lights is sponsored in part
by 97.1 WASH FM, Comcast, the Gazette Newspapers, Adventist HealthCare,
Hughes Network Systems, Montgomery Magazine, Washington Parent, Battley
Harley-Davidson, Language Stars, Spidersmart Learning Centers, Falun Dafa Assn.
of DC presents Shen Yun, Whole Foods Market– Kentlands, and the Maryland
Department of Natural Resources
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