Fundraiser lights the night

Organizers pleased with turnout, support

A procession of those who have lost loved ones to cancer, as well as cancer survivors and their friends and family, begin to make their way up Castleberry Road from the Cumming Fairgrounds during the North Metro Light the Night Walk. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. - photo by Autumn Vetter

1LighttheNight — A procession of those who have lost loved ones to cancer, as well as cancer survivors and their friends and family, begin to make their way up Castleberry Road from the Cumming Fairgrounds during the North Metro Light the Night Walk. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. - photo by Autumn Vetter

Some 2,500 walkers came out Saturday to raise awareness and support for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s fight against blood cancers. The second North Metro Light the Night Walk, a fundraiser for the society, set out from the Cumming Fairgrounds at 7:30 p.m. Walkers made their way up Tribble Gap Road to Forsyth Central High School and back, carrying red, gold or white balloons. Red balloons symbolized those who walked in support of the society and its mission.

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