Imagine 10,000 river lights illuminating the Hillsborough River, floating freely and signifying a greater cause.
North of Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, distinctive in its unique urban design and vast open space, will be the release point of the lights during the Tampa River Lights Festival.
This one-of-a-kind event will benefit Voices for Children of Tampa Bay, and each floating light will represent a child helped within the program.
Voices for children, founded in 1986 as the Child Advocacy Guild Inc., is dedicated to providing a vital service to abused and neglected children — raising and directing funds to the Guardian ad Litem Program.
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2012.