THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

INVITES YOU TO JOIN US IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN

Candles furnished, a slideshow of our beautiful children will be presented, reception following the ceremony.

Feel free to bring a framed photo/remembrance of your child to share at our Butterfly Memory Table.

If you would like to bring a refreshment/finger food to share at the reception following the candle lighting ceremony it would be appreciated.

*Please arrive between 6:00 P.M. and 6:15 P.M. so we can start the ceremony promptly.

Questions please contact Connie Beard at 407-324-1324 or tcfheartofflorida@yahoo.com

This is a non-faith based candle lighting and remembrance service for our children. All are welcome – family and friends.

We are happy to announce that this year's service will include a photo slide show of our children. If you would like to have your child's photos included, we would like two pictures - one portrait and one showing their unique personality. You may email (preferred method) or mail copies of your photos to Connie at one of the addresses below. Photos can not be returned. (hard copies of photos can be returned if requested at group meeting but can not be mailed back) Be sure to include your child's name, dates and age. This information will appear on the photos during the slide show.

Please also look for more information on the candle lighting in our November/December newsletter.

The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting®, held annually the second Sunday in December, this year December 14, unites family and friends around the globe as they light candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, creating a virtual wave of light, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memories of children in a way that transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries.

Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the Worldwide Candle Lighting, a gift from TCF to the bereavement community, creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.