Become a 'Unite by Light' Family Sponsor
Become a 2020 Luminary Night sponsor and help our community #UnitebyLight! Supports flameless luminaries for 25 older adults living in Simsbury.
Buy a luminary kit & provide a luminary to an older adult
Join Simsbury's Unite by Light on December 6 by purchasing a luminary kit here! Light up as a symbol of unity with your neighbors or in memory of a loved one. You may pick up your luminary kit on Nov. 21 or Nov. 29 (10-4) or on Dec. 4 (2-6) at Fitzgerald's Foods. (For multiple kits, please purchase separately. Thank you!)
Unite by Light 2020 - December 6, 2020
Join us for Unite by Light 2020, a fully inclusive luminary event that unites an entire community for a single night of connection and joy.
“So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.” – Baha’U’Llah
Uniting the community, bringing joy, and creating a brighter world.
On December 6, 2020, Simsbury CT will be aglow by candlelight with the spirit of friendship, unity, and community! 2020 has been an extraordinarily challenging year for so many reasons and we invite local businesses, faith and other community organizations, schools, and residents of every age to #UnitebyLight by lighting luminary candles beginning at 5:00 p.m. And join us as we light one mile along Hopmeadow St. with more than 1,000 luminaries for the Simsbury Unity Mile!
Single luminaries are being provided free-of-charge to adults in Simsbury living communities and adults age 65+ living in their own home (up to 600 single luminaries) so that they, too, can join the community celebration and #UnitebyLight.
Individuals and families are invited to purchase 10-light luminary kits* for their residence for $20 and/or become a Family Sponsor with a $100 donation that provides 25 older adults with single luminaries so that they, too, can unite by light. (Scroll up to top of page to purchase or donate.)
Luminary kits are available for purchase at Fitzgerald's Foods on November 21 and November 29 from 10-4, and on December 4 from 2-6. Luminary kits can also be purchased online above with pick up at Fitzgerald's on one of the dates above.
* Each purchase of a 10-light luminary kit supports the donation of a single luminary to an older adult and funds our intergenerational programs that reduce loneliness & isolation in Simsbury and neighboring communities.
Be a part of bringing the Simsbury Unity Mile to life!
We need your help to bring this incredible event to town! Help us assemble and light more than 1,000 luminaries. People of any age can play a part in assembling; adults 18+ and high school seniors can light the luminaries. We also need help cleaning up the morning after.
Place and light luminaries along Hopmeadow St.: Dec. 6 (2-4 pm - loaders) (3-5 pm - lighters)
We need 4 volunteers to help us load boxes of luminaries into the cars of luminary lighters (2-4 pm). Please arrive at Boy Scout Hall at 2:00 pm to receive instruction and help us organize the boxes of luminaries.
And we need 52 adults/high school seniors to help us light the luminaries (3-5 pm)! Families can participate with youth placing the luminaries and parents lighting them.
Luminary lighters should arrive at Boy Scout Hall at 3:00 pm for a brief team meeting. Then you'll be given a location assignment & safety vests. You'll take 2 boxes of luminaries with you, drive to your designated location, and place & light 20 luminaries with your own lighter. Then you'll return your safety vests to us at Boy Scout Hall. Please note that, if you intend to place 20 luminaries as a family, you should only sign up one adult in your family. If you sign up 2 people, you are agreeing to place 40 luminaries. If you sign up 3 people, you are agreeing to place 60 luminaries, etc.
Download, print, and bring signed volunteer agreement & photo release with you in order to volunteer.
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Clean up the luminaries: Dec. 7 (8-9 am)
We need 20 volunteers to help us clean up the morning after! Meet at Boy Scout Hall to receive your zone assignment and instructions. You'll drive to your assigned location and place a group of luminaries in a trash bag, then bring the bag back to Boy Scout Hall when finished.
Download, print, and bring signed volunteer agreement & photo release with you in order to volunteer.
Thank you, Simsbury!
All volunteers are required to download, print, and turn in the signed volunteer agreement & photo release when arriving at their scheduled volunteer time. Youth under the age of 18 must have parent/guardian sign. Thank you!
Sponsor the Simsbury Unity Mile
The Simsbury Unity Mile
With help from our friends and neighbors, we will place at least 1000 luminaries along downtown Hopmeadow St. as a Mile of Unity on the night of December 6, 2020. Are you a business, faith or other community organization, or individual or family looking to make a difference? We invite you to support the Simsbury Unity Mile with a sponsorship.
Sponsorship Opportunities
There are three sponsorship levels available: Platinum ($1000), Gold ($500), and Silver ($250). Each sponsor will have a sign with its logo and sponsorship level placed along the Simsbury Unity Mile. Please download our Business Sponsor form below for more details and instructions on how to become a sponsor.
We are grateful to our Platinum and Gold event sponsors!
Fitzgerald's Foods
Vincent Funeral Homes
Vincent Funeral Homes
Platinum Sponsor
Vincent Funeral Homes
Vincent Funeral Homes
Vincent Funeral Homes
Platinum Sponsor
Johnson Brunetti
Vincent Funeral Homes
First Church of Christ Simsbury
Platinum Sponsor
First Church of Christ Simsbury
First Church of Christ Simsbury
First Church of Christ Simsbury
Gold Sponsor
Seshu Photography
First Church of Christ Simsbury
Seshu Photography
Gold Sponsor & Official Event Photographer
Curaleaf CT
First Church of Christ Simsbury
Seshu Photography
Gold Sponsor
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Our luminary kits are specially designed!
Our luminary kits are specially designed to offer youth and adults alike the opportunity be a part of this wonderful celebration of unity.
Folding paper boxes ground the luminary.
Folding paper boxes offer the opportunity to be decorated by the young - and the young at heart - before being placed inside the luminary bag.
The paper boxes can be filled with any solid substance to weight the luminary - single rocks, sand, or any other item conveniently available around the home - before being placed inside the paper bags.
For 2020, each kit of 10 luminaries includes an extra-special bag featuring snowflakes cut out in a random design.
Just like snowflakes themselves, no two bags are exactly alike!
(We are handcrafting the luminary bags and yours may differ from the one shown.)
All kits include flameless tea lights.
Safe, flameless, flickering LED tea lights rest on top of the paper boxes and complete the luminary.