Anderson Lights of Hope

Mission Statement:

Lights of Hope Anderson South Carolina is a non-profit voluntary agency which through active fundraising and educational programs will provide funding to Anderson, Pickens and Oconee County non-profit organizations that offer special needs services, physical, occupational and speech therapy services for children and adults with mental and physical disabilities.

Anderson Lights of Hope      PO Box 1413        Anderson SC 29622

To contact us:

Administration EMAIL          Operations EMAIL        

Strickland Marine Center

Carpet Fashions / Carpet One

Chick-Fil-A

Lake Hartwell Chiropractic Center

NHC HealthCare of Anderson

Brenda Chandler

Piedmont Natural Gas Company

Portman Marina

Inksters of Anderson

Avenue of Oak Antiques

The Spitz Family

Crudup Oil Company

Two Gather Beads

Ionosphere Travel & Tours

Kendall’s Boutique

Cochran Shoes

Lee’s Marine LLC

Koo Koo Ice Cream Depot

The Floral Gallery

Speed Inc.

Elliott Davis, LLC.

Anderson Arts Center

By the numbers in 2006

0 people have been paid a salary to run Lights of Hope since 2006

9 cases of marshmallows were used in hot chocolate sales

52 percent of visitors were from Anderson – the rest came from surrounding counties.

62 trees were wrapped in lights

82 percent more income as collected in 2006 over the previous year

300 volunteers donated their time to run Lights of Hope in 2006

453 strands of white mini lights illuminated the road

900 pounds of propane kept workers and cocoa warm

1,583 cans of food and $2,000 were collected for AIM

$3,000 and four barrels of toys were collected for Toys for Tots

4,000 candy canes were handed out

8,056 carloads of people paid to enter the Lights of Hope event

$28,000 more was given to area charities in exchange for volunteer hours they put in

38,000 people, roughly, visited Lights of Hope in 2006

3.5 million light bulbs glow in the Lights of Hope display

 

 

 

The Lights Are Returning in 2008 to Anderson, SC.

A special Thank You to the City Council and The Parks and Recreation Department for approving the 2008 Lights of Hope Christmas Light Display. Barbara Mac of the Parks Dept. assisted us with the paperwork and approval of this years event. This long standing tradition in Anderson, South Carolina will open Thanksgiving Day and run through December 25, 2008.  Volunteers will work on setting up the lights at Darwin Wright Park beginning November 1, 2008. Proceeds from gate receipts will go to Anderson, Oconee and Pickens County charities.

Our lease with Jim Rash ran out on January 1, 2008 closing our offices and moving operations into our board members homes. We recently purchased the storage trailers from McAbee & Company to store the light displays during the off season. The light displays have been restored to better shape and repainted for maximum display showing.  Lights of Hope will be going “Green” over the next 3 years as we reduce the amount of power we use by switching to LED light bulbs.  We will continue to repair and work on the displays in 2008 for what we hope will be a grand new showing in Anderson during the Holidays of 2008.

 

A special thank you to all our supporters, the hundreds of calls and manual support to make this possible.

 

Our new address is:      Anderson Lights of Hope

                                      PO Box 1413

                                     Anderson, South Carolina 29622

Ben Phillips, Jr.                Dennis Lavold                  Jacqueline Ashley

Ty - Welding and Painting             Tommy, Chris, Matthew - Computers and Wiring