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2021 Festival of Lights: once again, Rotary Club of Bangor is taking the parade on the road!

Bangor, Maine – As cases of coronavirus continue to impact our communities, Rotary Club of Bangor is planning to, once again this year, hold its Festival of Lights event in lieu of the traditional holiday parade. Held in partnership with Greater Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau, Downtown Bangor Partnership, and Links Web Design, Rotary Club of Bangor invites businesses, non-profits, private homeowners, municipal organizations, and entire neighborhoods to create festive and colorful light displays at their own locations, and the public can view them at their leisure. Announcing the 2021 Festival of Lights!

From December 4 through January 2, the public is invited to drive by participating homes and organizations and enjoy light displays from the safety of their own vehicles. Then, cast your vote for your favorites by visiting bangorrotary.org or visitbangormaine.com. There will be five categories to vote on, with the top vote recipient being honored with Best Overall. The competition categories are:

Outstanding Non-Profit display
Outstanding Residential display
Outstanding Commercial display
Outstanding Municipal display
Outstanding Neighborhood display
Best Overall/Fan Favorite (most overall votes)

Trophies will be awarded to all winners and a $500 cash prize to the light display voted Best Overall!

Maps with directions to participating locations will be provided on the websites listed above.

In addition, Rotary Club of Bangor will again dress up the downtown Bangor holiday tree with updated lighting and decorations. We will light the tree on Saturday, December 4 in West Market Square to officially kick off our community-wide competition.

Join us! Get creative with a joyful light display of your own, then hit the road with your loved ones and friends to celebrate the holidays with Bangor Rotary Club’s Festival of Lights!

For more information or to sign up to participate, visit bangorrotary.org or call Roland Narofsky, Chair, Bangor Rotary Festival of Lights Community Competition, at 207.745.2597 or emailrnarofsky@mainesavings.com.

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Media interested in covering this story are welcome to contact Jesse Moriarity at JesseM@UnitedWayEM.org or Bob Potts at rpotts@northernlight.org.

29 Years of Providing Scholarships to Bangor Area Students!

For 29 years the Rotary Club of Bangor has been granting scholarships to area students as they head off to college. In recent years, we have seen tremendous growth in support of our Annual Festival of Lights which in partnership with club contributions and grants has generated more than 15K to support our Scholarship program this year alone. Thank you to our 2020 Festival of Lights Sponsors for helping us to continue and expand this tradition of giving. In an effort to strengthen our local economy, provide opportunities for career growth, and to help local employers find the skills they need close to home we are going bigger than ever with our scholarships this year! For the first time, we will be supporting not only students attending traditional four year colleges, but also those that are planning on attending technical schools and non-traditional students (those returning to school after a time away, or adults attending for the first time)!

(photo is of 2019 recipients, 2020 presentation was done via Zoom)

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