2024 Events

Celebration of Lights

An annual community highlight since the mid-1990s, the Celebration of Lights provides an evening for residents and community members to honor and remember those who have gone before us. The evening includes a worship service held in Detwiler Auditorium as well as an opportunity to walk through our campus beautifully dotted with luminaries. Through community sponsorships and individuals appeals, this events raises support for our Good Samaritan Annual Fund. The Good Samaritan Annual Fund and Compassion Endowment provide residents who have outlived their resources with exceptional benevolent care, allowing them to live at VMRC for the remainder of their days.

Sponsorship Opportunities

  • $3,000 l Sponsorships available – 1

    • Business sign staged at entrance to the event and the reception

    • Includes logo recognition on all print and digital promotional materials

    • Ongoing thank you provided on the VMRC electronic sign the week of the event

    • Sponsorship acknowledgement at the event

    • Full-page ad in printed program

    • Thank you on two social media posts

    • First rights to sponsorship acceptance in 2024

  • $2,500 l Sponsorships available – 2

    • Includes logo recognition on all print and digital promotional materials

    • Ongoing thank you provided on VMRC electronic sign the week of the event

    • Sponsorship acknowledgement at the event

    • Full-page ad in printed program

    • Thank you on one social media post

    • First rights to sponsorship acceptance in 2024

  • $1,500 l Sponsorships available – 3

    • Includes logo recognition by the dessert table

    • Sponsorship acknowledgement at the event

    • Full-page ad in printed program

    • Thank you on one social media post

  • $1,000 l Sponsorships available – 2

    • Sponsorship acknowledgement at the event

    • Full-page ad in printed program

    • Thank you on one social media post

  • $1,000 l Sponsorships available – 5

    • Sponsorship acknowledgement at the event

    • Full-page ad in printed program

    • Thank you on one social media post

  • $200 or $500 l Sponsorships available – Multiple

    • Logo included in printed program and sponsors sign at event entrance and dessert reception $500

    • Logo included in printed program, $200

  • $250 l Sponsorships available – 4

    • Logo included in printed program with recognition of music sponsorship

“We have enthusiastically supported the Good Samaritan Fund for many years. This compassion funding helped care for Connie’s mother who lived at VMRC for several years. It is our hope that others will join us in supporting the Good Samaritan Fund to help others in need now and in years to come.”

– Connie and Hugh Westfall, current VMRC residents