Girl Scouts donate lights for Festival

The annual Festival of Lights, held by the Girl Scouts Tsalagi Service Unit, will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Jackson courthouse square.

The Girl Scouts will place luminaries around the courthouse and light them as part of their traditional celebration. Included in the traditional festivities will be a visit by Santa at the Santa House, Christmas carols sung by the Scouts at 5:15 p.m. on the courthouse steps and hot chocolate and cookies for all in attendance.

Everyone is asked to bring a donation of new gloves, mittens, scarves, underwear or socks for any age. These will be donated to the Elk's Lodge for their Christmas baskets.

This year the Girl Scouts helped the county replace lights with an aluminum can collection to help raise money. They held a movie night at the Immaculate Conception fellowship hall to celebrate Girl Scout founder Juliette Lowe's birthday. The recycled cans raised $102.

In the case of inclement weather the event will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information call Penny Slusher at 243-0484 or Betty Brooks at 243-6638.