After a long search, Candlelighters is excited to announce our new Executive Director, Daniela Meltzer. Here’s a word from Daniela herself, Greetings Candlelighters, I am thrilled and honored to be the new Executive Director of Candlelighters For Children With...
Stand Together Tee Shirt Fundraiser is Here! We’re in year 4 of doing a tee shirt fundraiser for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! We started the tee shirt fundraiser during COVID, as a way to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer families. Each year,...
There was so much fun to be had at our first ever Family Day on April 20! What was Family Day? A Candlelighters celebration of epic proportions open to all Candlelighters families, new and old. The only complaint we heard? It was too short! Family Day took place on...
Girl Scout Troop 41125 arrived at Candlelighters offices on a rainy day in April. It took a bit to unload cars, and several trips parading through the hallway with wagons stacked high with lemon-ups, trefoils, tagalongs, do-si-dos and toffee-tastics. Eventually, a...
Be part of Candlelighters biggest, longest-running fundraiser! What is Ride for a Child? Twenty-three years ago, Candlelighters family member Dick Hartung rode in Cycle Oregon in honor of his daughter, Jill. During his ride, he started a fundraising appeal that went...
Candlelighters is excited to announce a “new” program – the Parent Mentorship Program. We say “new” in quotes, because the idea for this program has been in development for nearly 4 years! It began with the recognition that there is an...
