September 19th 6PM - Lights of Hope Harvest Dinner on Langdon Street Montpelier

Community Street Dinner to Help Bring Cancer Issues to Congress

MONTPELIER, VT – August 25, 2017 – To support Vermonters bringing cancer stories to Washington, D.C., the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is sponsoring a Lights of Hope Harvest Dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. The event will take place on Langdon Street in Montpelier, which will be closed to traffic.

The Harvest Dinner will feature amazing local food prepared by some top local chefs from the Three Penny Taproom, Langdon Street Tavern, Hunger Mountain Coop, Positive Pie, Alla Vita, Sarducci’s and 802 Coffee. As the food is enjoyed, local musicians Miriam Bernardo, Seth Eames, Rob Morse, Jake Whitesell and Jeff Guerin will entertain participants. Art sponsored by Langdon Street Alive.

Lights of Hope, illuminated bags, will line the street in honor of loved ones and those collected before September 4^th, will go to Congress for a ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial. By being a part of the Community Street Dinner fundraiser in Montpelier participants will help send Vermont volunteers to D.C. to meet with Senators Leahy and Sanders and Congressman Welch to encourage them to make cancer a national priority.

Tickets are $30 - call 802.917.5817 or click here.

A ticket will get provide access to dinner, dessert and plenty of ambiance. There will be a cash bar onsite and live entertainment. Full tables are available for sponsorship.

ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.  ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org.

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