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Family uses Christmas display to raise money for organization that helped during cancer battle

Family uses Christmas display to raise money for organization that helped during cancer battle
US TO SUTTER LIGHTS ON GENERAL SUTTER AVENUE TO START THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC. YOU CAN TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 88.9, OR YOU CAN PRESS THIS BUTTON. ON OUR MAIN REASON FOR THE DISPLAY IS JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, TO COME OUT AND HAVE FUN. BRING YOUR KIDS, BRING YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS. SIT HERE, BLAST THE MUSIC. IT’S THE NEISWANGER FAMILY’S THIRD YEAR DOING A LIGHT DISPLAY. BUT THIS TIME THE WINTER WONDERLAND IS EXTRA SPECIAL. AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME CANCER TREATMENT. JUST KIND OF CHANGED OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS A LITTLE BIT. AND THIS YEAR WE THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE REALLY COOL TO GO REALLY BIG. THAT’S WHY THEY CREATED THIS ADDITION TO THE LIGHT SHOW. SPECTACULAR. WE HAVE THE NEW DONATION BOX FOR FOR DIAMONDS, AN ORGANIZATION THAT’S CLOSE TO THE NEISWANGER FAMILY. OUR 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA IN 2021. AND WE WERE SENT TO PENN STATE HEALTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN HERSHEY. AND WHEN WE GOT HER DIAGNOSIS, WE BECAME A FOUR DIAMONDS FAMILY. AND NOW THE FAMILY IS GETTING A CHANCE TO BRING TOGETHER THEIR COMMUNITY AND GIVE BACK TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT’S DONE SO MUCH FOR THEIR FAMILY. WE WANT TO HELP WITH FINDING A CURE FOR CHILDHOOD PEDIATRIC CANCER. SO FAMILIES LIKE OURS DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT SO MANY KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH THESE DAYS. THE LIGHTS START AT 530 EVERY NIGHT IN LITITZ, LANCASTER COUNTY.
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Family uses Christmas display to raise money for organization that helped during cancer battle
A family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is making a difference with its Christmas light display."Our main reason for the display is just to make people happy — to come out and have fun. Bring your kids. Bring your family, your friends. Sit here, blast the music," Jessica Newswanger said.It's the Newswangers' third year doing a light display at their home in Lititz, Pennsylvania, but the winter wonderland is extra special this time."Our daughter going through some cancer treatment just kind of changed our perspective on things a little bit. And this year, we thought it would just be really cool to go really big," Shawn Newswanger said.That's why they created an addition to the light show spectacular."We have the new donation box for Four Diamonds," Jessica said.The organization is close to their hearts."Our 18-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2021, and we were sent to Penn State Health Children's Hospital in Hershey. And when we got her diagnosis, we became a Four Diamonds family," Jessica said.Now, they're getting a chance to bring together their community and give back to the organization that has done so much for them."We want to help with finding a cure for childhood pediatric cancer, so families like ours don't have to go through what so many kids are going through these days," Jessica said.The lights start every night at 5:30 p.m. on General Sutter Avenue. Tune your radio to 88.9 FM to hear the music. Lilitz is around 9 miles from Lancaster.

A family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is making a difference with its Christmas light display.

"Our main reason for the display is just to make people happy — to come out and have fun. Bring your kids. Bring your family, your friends. Sit here, blast the music," Jessica Newswanger said.

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It's the Newswangers' third year doing a light display at their home in Lititz, Pennsylvania, but the winter wonderland is extra special this time.

"Our daughter going through some cancer treatment just kind of changed our perspective on things a little bit. And this year, we thought it would just be really cool to go really big," Shawn Newswanger said.

That's why they created an addition to the light show spectacular.

"We have the new donation box for Four Diamonds," Jessica said.

The organization is close to their hearts.

"Our 18-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2021, and we were sent to Penn State Health Children's Hospital in Hershey. And when we got her diagnosis, we became a Four Diamonds family," Jessica said.

Now, they're getting a chance to bring together their community and give back to the organization that has done so much for them.

"We want to help with finding a cure for childhood pediatric cancer, so families like ours don't have to go through what so many kids are going through these days," Jessica said.

The lights start every night at 5:30 p.m. on General Sutter Avenue. Tune your radio to 88.9 FM to hear the music. Lilitz is around 9 miles from Lancaster.