New Volunteer Comittee Formed To Carry Torch For 41st Year (2018)

New volunteers have joined the Spirit of Beacon Day committee to carry the torch forward into its 41st year. Following an announcement made in 2017 that the Spirit committee would be stepping down after running the parade for many years, local residents have stepped up from across the community to continue the tradition.

A meeting was held at the Howland Public Library on March 8th to start planning for 2018. Present were honorary guests including members of the previous Spirit committee, who shared information and gave their support, alongside new committee members.

“We look forward to following in the footsteps of the Spirit of Beacon Day’s founding mission, which is noted as “A day to bring the City together, especially the children and youth....the community should get to know one another better, learn to know what each other likes in conversation, feelings, entertainment, education and food”, said Gwenno James, who has stepped in as committee Chair...”We are all so grateful for the dedication and efforts of the previous committee, who have organized this event for many years, we thank in particular Rose Story, Roy Cianncanelli, Diane Sedore, Tony Lassiter and Bob Outer.”