Light The Night Returning To Danbury Emily Montoya, a third grade student at Hawley School, will be participating in the 2nd Annual Danbury Light The Night Walk later this month. Emily was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia in early 2000; fortunately she h
Light The Night Returning To Danbury
 Emily Montoya, a third grade student at Hawley School, will be participating in the 2nd Annual Danbury Light The Night Walk later this month. Emily was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia in early 2000; fortunately she has been in remission since October 2000.
The Danbury walk, a fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Fairfield County, will return to Western Connecticut State University in Danbury on Friday, September 29. The event offers courses of two and three miles. (Light The Night walks are held across the country.)
Emily and other cancer survivors will carry illuminated white balloons, and all other walkers â the supporters of searching for a cure â will carry illuminated red balloons to celebrate and commemorate lives that have been touched by cancer.
There are more than 747,000 Americans currently fighting blood cancers. Every five minutes someone new is diagnosed. Every ten minutes someone dies of a blood cancer.
Anyone can take part; children, adults and seniors are all welcome. This is a casual walk with no fitness requirements.
Ginny Chion is organizing a team from Newtown, which already includes Emily Montoya and her mother, Beth Myer. Registration for Danbury Light The Night will opens at 5:30 pm, dinner will begin around 6, and the walk will follow at 7. Dinner will again be provided by Madisonâs of Shelton.
Anyone interested in joining the Newtown team, or even forming their own team, is asked to contact Mrs Chion at 426-0851. To support a team financially, contact Mrs Chion or visit the national website LightTheNight.org. Full information about walking and incentives is also available online.