As I wrote in the section about the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, I donated my services for the Relay to honor my father's memory.

  A month or two after doing my first Relay, I was at a supermarket with my wife when she noticed a sign about the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night event that was going to be held several months later. She asked me, "Didn't your father die from Leukemia? Well here's an event for the Leukemia society..."

  Just like my experience contacting the Cancer Society, I called the Leukemia Society, and in just a couple minutes, I volunteered to provide the music for the Light The Night on October 4th, 2003, in Ramsey, NJ.

  The Light The Night events are far less extravagant than the all-night Cancer Society Relay. Start to finish they are just a couple hours. The walk is about 3 miles around the grounds of the complex where the event takes place.

  I provide the music as people gather waiting for the event to begin and again waiting for the final walkers to complete their laps before the closing ceremony. Of course, my sound system is used for the preliminary speeches as well.

  The participants have a great time, and I have a great time as well. I continue to donate my services for this event every year.

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