IBEW’s holiday lights display raises $50,000 for charity

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_3938

18 February 2009 ST. PAUL - Minnesota’s first Holiday Lights in the Park display, sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and King of Kings Church in Woodbury, raised $50,000 for four charities.
Holiday Lights in the Park was a half-mile array of holiday lights and animated displays set along St. Paul’s Lake Phalen and Phalen Golf Course. From late November through Dec. 31, vehicles donated between $8 and $10 to drive through the display.

City officials donated the money raised to four charities: Second Harvest Heartland, Union Gospel Mission, St. Paul Parks Conservancy Foundation and Under Construction, a non-profit organization that works to get high school students interested in union trades careers.

“This was a great community event,” St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said in announcing the success of the effort earlier this month. “Thousands of families enjoyed a holiday escape with a dazzling show, and charities that benefit so many in the community reaped the rewards.

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[The Wielding Truth]

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