Light the Night - Chicago and North Shore Kickoffs

A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of photographing the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's annual Light the Night Kickoff for both the Chicago and North Shore walks. I took pictures for walker's fundraising pages and participants listened to motivating and inspiring stories from this year's honored heroes and other walkers. They also offered great fundraising ideas and supplies.

This year's dates are:
Chicago: September 26th
Western Suburbs: September 12th
North Shore: October 11th

To learn more, register to walk, volunteer, or donate visit:
www.lightthenight.org/

Miriam was one of the Honored Heroes of the night. She and her husband Hal eached shared their touching and inspiring story of her battle with CLL over the last 12 years.


Peyton is Chicago's other Honored Hero. Battling ALL since she was 6 months old, she is getting stronger every day.

Some people shared their personal stories or fundraising ideas.


Jory is North Shore's Honored Hero. After an initial misdiagnosis, he went through a different regimen and has been in remission since 2003.