Shine the Light on Hunger Food Drive

Shine the Light on Hunger Food Drive

Sunset Hills Lighted Christmas Ball party 

$580 for Second Harvest Food Bank 

$280 for Greensboro Urban Ministry Food Bank.  

796 pounds of food for Greensboro Urban Ministry. 

Please continue to donate canned foods through January 31st

Photo Credit Daniel Hassell

Additional food drop offs in the Sunset Hills

Rolling Road and Ridgeway 

Rolling Road and East Greenway North

West Greenway South between Berkley and West Market Street

Shine the Light on Hunger Food Drive

  

Photos from 2014 LCB making party

At  this year's Lighted Christmas Ball (LCB) making party we had some new faces and some familiar faces. All who attended concentrated on twisting chicken wire and winding lights. Some who attended had read about the LCBs in the News and Record. If you come to see the lights in Sunset Hills, don't forget your food donations.  Many photos are on Shuttefly., You should be able to see them without logging in.

A Neighborhood Tradition

ICYMI, Monday's News-Record featured a stunning above (and below) the fold feature written by Danielle Battaglia, who tweets under DBattagliaNR. Danielle with photos taken by N-R Lynn Hey. Lynn's a multi-year North Carolina Press Association and Landmark award winner and veteran Lighted Christmas Ball maker. Last year, she documented the Running of the Balls through Sunset Hills. Danielle and Lynn spent the sunny Sunday afternoon chatting with friends new and old about all things chicken wire, lights and proven methods for launching one's lit orbs into tall trees. On hand was a plenty of volunteer-cut 48" x 24" sections of one-inch hex chicken wire, so many sections that if you laid them all end to end, they would have stretched the entire length of Ridgeway Drive from Market St. to Friendly Ave. If you haven't seen the article, click here. You can click here to see Lynn's gallery. You can thank me later for helping finish off your Christmas shopping, but these pics are available for purchase in a variety of formats! Don't miss out.

I was busy twisting chicken wire and didn't take many pics, but I did get a couple:










If you took pics, I'd love it if you'd email them to me (along with the photographer's name) and your permission to post them on this blog.

Cheers,

Jonathan

Just in from Dallas TX

Just received this note from Katie Rabbe in Dallas - send us your photos - we would love to put them up.  Thanks Katie. 

Anne,
We have family-friends that live in Greensboro, NC. They shared the video with us last year and we were so moved by it that we wanted to make our very own lighted Christmas balls this year. 
Merry Christmas!Katie

War Eagle

Here is a tribute to my wonderful alma mater Auburn.  It's an Auburn ball.

Chicken wire cutters have been at work

I turned on the shop light and patio heater before going out to a meeting, returned to find the garage full of chickenwire sections all cut and neatly stacked. Thanks chicken wire cutters!

Salisbury, NC Lighted Christmas Balls Workshop

Lighted Christmas Ball Workshop at John Calvin Presbyterian Church, 1620 Brenner Ave. Salisbury NC 28146

10:00 AM Saturday December 6, 2014

The fifth annual Salisbury N.C. Christmas Ball Workshop will be held in the Fellowship Hall at John Calvin Presbyterian Church at 10:00 AM, Saturday, December 6, 2014.  The lighted Christmas balls are easily made and are designed to bring Christmas cheer to local neighborhoods.  Pictures of the balls illuminating neighborhoods in Salisbury, Greensboro and Charlotte can be seen at Lighted Christmas Ball Blog.

For each ball you wish to make, please bring 200 mini-lights.  All other materials will be supplied by JCPC.  Please also bring a donation of canned food to donate to Rowan Helping Ministries.  In 2013, over 10,000 pounds of food was collected in North Carolina to support area food banks.

Further information is also available from the Charlotte Observer story and the Salisbury Post’s coverage of the workshop.

Photo Credit – Hugh Fisher, Salisbury Post

Please keep the food contributions coming

Jonathan and friends Rod and Linda Mortensin unloaded the trailer Sunday late after non and packed the boxes totaling 972 pounds for Greensboro Urban Ministry and 400 pounds of single serve/easy to prepare food to Triad Health Project.  Ken Keaton shown with Linda Rod and Jonathan.  9672 yearly total - hoping for another big weekend or two ahead.  TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!