How you can help
Our most immediate need
Your generous contribution will help raise required funding to build the Hope Lighthouse in Metropolis. Your donation to this project is tax deductible and will be used for construction and sustaining operations.
The Metropolis Hope Light Project Committee, identified on the "Our team" page of this website, has full responsibility for local control of the project account established at the City National Bank of Metropolis, IL. Donating companies and organizations will receive appropriate recognition for their contributions.
Metropolis, IL 62960
Brick
purchase program
Perhaps you would like to make your contribution the purchase of a brick in memory of or in honor of a loved one, friend or family member. Just click BRICK to download an order form. Fill it out and mail along with your contribution to the address provided on the form.
"Walk
for the Light" Fundraiser
Our
“Walk for the Light” fundraiser will be held Saturday, September
12th, 2009
beginning at 4pm until midnight. This walk will take place along
the Riverfront in the Metropolis Street area through Frelinghuysen
Street.
All proceeds from this fundraiser will be used for
the construction of a fully functioning lighthouse and cancer
information kiosk. This lighthouse will overlook the Ohio River near
Dorothy Miller Park as described in this website. We have a goal of
$200,000. The Hope Light foundation is a 501c3 non for profit
corporation, so all donations are tax deductible. We currently have two
ongoing fundraising efforts. The first is the raffle of a Kubota RTV 500
(Click HERE for details) and the
second is the sale of commemorative bricks to be used around the
Lighthouse.
“Walk for the Light” is a family-oriented event where
participants can walk or run on a track relay style for 8 hours.
Participants are welcome to camp around the track. When they are not
taking their turn walking, they are able to take part in other fun
activities. Former and current cancer patients, their families,
and the public are invited to take part in this exciting team relay
event. The teams will consist of individuals representing
corporations, clubs, organizations and families. We would ask the
various civic groups and clubs, as well as area businesses to begin a
serious fundraising effort to help this worthwhile goal. Any type of
project will be appreciated. The culmination of all of these fundraising
efforts will be the Walk for the Light on September 12th.
Because this event will be quite long and exhausting,
we look toward local businesses to help out in donations for our
participants. We need food, drink, and gift certificates of all
kinds to help make our event fun and rewarding. If you like, you
can certainly set up a booth with your profits benefiting the
construction of the Lighthouse. We expect to have more than 200
participants, ranging from children to persons in their sixties.
Most of our participants will be between the ages of 25 -50, and at
least 65 percent of them will be female.
DONATION
Sponsor
$ 100.00-$249.00
Silver Sponsor
$ 250.00-$499.00
Gold Sponsor
$ 500.00-$999.00
Platinum Sponsor
$1,000.00-$2,499.00
Diamond Sponsor
$2,500.00 up
Any of the above sponsorship donations will qualify
your name in all advertisements and program guides. Your donation
will also be recognized from the stage the night of the event. We
will also have various other fundraising events that you are more than
welcome to participate in.
Cancer touches so many people in our community and The Hope Light Foundation is a great way to help bring awareness of this terrible disease. The 38 foot tall operating Lighthouse will be a beacon of hope for cancer patients and survivors, with their family and friends. Please seriously consider this request and let your neighbors, customers, and community know that you are joining them in this cause.
For more information, contact Bill Carrell at 618-524-9642 or Sue Barfield at 618-524-2245.
Other needs
Perhaps you will also want to help by becoming a volunteer for the Cancer Information Center. Send an email to help@hopelightmetropolis.com to let us know what you'd like to do. If you prefer, our committee chairman Bill Carrell can arrange a date and time for you to attend an upcoming committee meeting to present your ideas.
Here is a partial "shopping list" of possibilities:
- Serve as a member of our planning committee. We need your ideas and willingness to devote yourself to this project.
- Become a volunteer host/hostess at the Cancer Information Center. We're looking for Cancer survivors and oncology professionals who can relate to visitor's feelings about Cancer and provide emotional support.
- Organize a fund-raising project for your church or other organization.
- Assist the City of Metropolis with grounds-keeping at the center. It would be wonderful for someone or an organization to create and care for a annual/perennial garden.
- How else can you help?
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Metropolis Hope Light Project
310 East 9th Street
Metropolis, IL 62960
(618) 524-9642
help@hopelightmetropolis.com