Archive for December, 2009
Lighting Candles and Remembering Loved Ones Lost
Annual vigil illuminates lives of homicide victims
By JASON NARK
Philadelphia Daily News
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Sister Helen Cole (center), Father Kenneth Hallahan (right) and neighbor Tyron David bow their heads during a candle light vigil in remembrance of homicides victims in Camden, New Jersey at the St. Joan of Arc Church on Tuesday, December 29, 2009. (Yong Kim / Staff Photographer) Daily News/Inquirer
In churches across the country right now, someone is kneeling before a row of flickering candles, sending up a silent prayer for a lost loved one.
In Camden yesterday, Sister Helen Cole lit a candle to remember 29-year-old Felix Rodriguez, the first of 34 candles she will light this year, one for each of the city’s 33 homicide victims and another for a man who died during a police-involved shootout.
Cole’s yearly vigil routinely leaves her bathed in the red glow of dozens of candles, which she lights individually every hour, but she said that each flame is also a prayer for her beloved city.
Light A Candle on New Years Day and Remember the Many, Many Victims Of Drunk-Driving!
Light a candle for drink-drive victims
Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 07:29
CITY mother and anti-drink drive campaigner Ali Morrish has asked people to join her in a moment of reflection as the new year gets under way.
As the celebrations end and thoughts turn to resolutions for 2010, Ali will be lighting a candle at 6pm on New Year’s Day and taking a moment to remember the lives that have been lost as a result of drink-driving.
Ali’s daughter Anna died in a crash in 2008. The 21-year-old had accepted a lift from a friend who had been drinking.
Since its launch in the Echo nearly three weeks ago, Ali, 45, of Mount Pleasant, Exeter, has been urging people to join Anna’s Campaign. Support from within the community and further afield has been overwhelming.
More than 1,500 have signed up to a Facebook group and businesses, clubs, other families, friends, emergency services, driving instructors and convicted drink-drivers have all put their weight behind the campaign.
Young Indiana Entrepeneur Well On His Way with Candle Business
IU East student starts business
Switch from industrial engineering to business leads to own company
By Brian Zimmerman • Staff Writer • December 30, 2009
With his industrial engineering studies no longer cutting it, Blake Pieratt needed just eight weeks to validate his second choice: business.
That’s how long it took the 20-year-old Eaton, Ohio, man to become fascinated with entrepreneurship, forge a business idea and start earning money.
“I was studying industrial engineering at Sinclair College and I didn’t like it,” Pieratt said. “So I started studying business. It all happened pretty quick. I went from one step to another.”
Pieratt is now the founder of Wicks of Nature. He sells candles stored in emptied baby-food jars that are placed in a small wooden base.
Even the Kardashian Sisters Are Getting Into The Candle Craze!!!
Kardashian Sisters Partner With For Every Body To Produce New DASH Candles
Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017389409#ixzz0bCrXy9kg
December 30, 2009
Anne Lu - Celebrity News Service News Writer
Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) - The Kardashian sisters have signed a deal with the largest woman-owned, soy-based, candle maker in the country to produce their new DASH candle and gel spray line.
Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe coordinated with For Every Body, the Utah-based candle company founded by Becky Anderson, to design the packaging and sent of their new products.
The new relationship started with a phone call from People Magazine after Kim chose For Every Body’s “Birthday Cake” as her favorite candle scent. Word reached the other party, and although the interview was never published, a new business partnership was developed.
The sisters’ candle line will be eco-friendly and will be sold in DASH store, as well as in department and retail stores such as Target, Macy’s and Nordstrom.
Kim said, “Our new DASH line of candles are designed and produced exclusively with each of our favorite scents in mind by For Every Body. They smell fabulous; we know everyone will love them.”
Down Mainers Capitalize on Candle Brainstorm
Machias Women Running Successful Candle Company
by WABI-TV5 News Desk · Dec 28th 2009 · See more Local News
Two women in Machias are proof that if you have a good idea, you should
act on it.
“Last November, Kelley Scoville and I were deciding what to do to make a little extra money for Christmas and our area sells a lot of wreaths, and we know that was over saturated and we wanted to be creative. And she said, I know how to make candles.”
From there, the Olde Tavern Candle Company was created. But they say it’s no easy task.
“First off, we have bulk candle wax we melt down and we specially color the wax to match the scent .”
Andrea Guerra and Kelley Scoville started the company and a few others have joined the team since.
Guerra says she’s in charge of the design and Scoville is on the technical side.
“So I researched different candle waxes. I researched for probably a month or two waxes, containers, scents, oils and color. I did a lot of work that way and it just all came together.”
Two Girls in South Carolina, Lighting Candles to Remember Their Loved Ones Seems to be Catching On
Family members light candles in memory of loved ones buried at Langley Cemetery
12/5/2009 11:51 PM
By RACHEL JOHNSON
Staff writer
Stephanie Anderson lights candles every year to honor and remember her family, but this year she had an extra one to light.
Anderson and her friend Gwen Boyd began lighting candles at the Langley Cemetery five years ago when the tradition was first introduced. The pair typically light between 20 and 25 candles each. First they lovingly remember their loved ones by placing a luminary at each of their graves and then together they canvas the cemetery, lighting up other graves.
Use Common Sense When Decorating With Christmas Candles This Year
‘Tis the season to take care with decorations, candles
By MELISSA M. SCALLAN - mmscallan@sunherald.com
GULFPORT - The holidays usually are a joyous time of the year, but they can turn tragic if people don’t use caution when putting up Christmas candles and decorations.
With lights outside and on trees and with candles burning in the homes , fire always is a concern right now, Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said.
Candle safety is important all year, but more people tend to burn candles during the holidays, he said.
“I’ve seen numerous fires that we’ve responded to because of candles,” he said.
People often put candles too close to flammable items, and sometimes the candles fall over, he said. Pets also jump on surfaces near candles and knock them over. Sometimes people forget to blow them out before leaving home or going to bed.
Another Vigil Springs Forth from the Work of ‘Worldwide Candle Lighting’ & ‘Compassionate Friends’
Candlelight vigil to honor memory of children on Dec. 13
On Dec. 13, hundreds of people will gather at Silver Springs Cemetery in Stow at The Christmas Box Angel of Hope Children’s Memorial to honor the memory of a beloved child or children. Families and friends will participate in a special candle lighting ceremony of remembrance and hope at the holidays.
On Dec. 13 at 5 p.m., a candle lighting ceremony will take place in Stow at Silver Springs Cemetery at 5080 Stow Road.
More ‘Green’ Candles Popping Up in A Petroleum Drenched World
The Oil Industry Helps Launch a Hip & New Green Candle Company
Newly launched Mountain Mama’s Kitchen Co introduces the hip & new “Hand Poured” Soy Candles that Mama pours with lots of love for a healthy, sustainable and fragrant green candle.
Plano, TX December 6, 2009 — Sisters, Natalie Galyon and Paige McGee had a “green moment” and recently launched the boutique candle company, Mountain Mamas Kitchen Co., featuring hand poured Soy Candles. “We were unfulfilled and working in the oil industry when we realized we want make a positive impact on the world around us.”
Soy Candles Lighting The Way To A ‘Perfect World’.
Gift Guide: Thoughtful gift for humanitarians
By ALLISON BAGLEY
Dec. 6, 2009
Your sister-in-law rivals Angelina Jolie in her humanitarian efforts.
She uses her vacation time to donate shoes to orphans in Guam, spends weekends learning Cantonese for her next international volunteer mission and says she doesn’t need anything this year but life’s necessities. Relieve the guilt (for both of you) by choosing a present from Altru, a company that contributes to the nonprofit In a Perfect World.
Invocative of faraway lands and exotic locales, Altru’s soy candles are named for attributes one would find in a “perfect world” - i.e., harmony, integrity and wellness. The rich designs and hammered copper votive make for an impressive presentation.
Your selfless relative can enjoy soothing candlelit fragrances from the Persian lilac candle and white freesia candle, knowing her much-deserved relaxation helps to empower the globe’s children even when she can’t.
$48, Neiman Marcus, 2600 Post Oak Blvd., 713-621-7100; www.neimanmarcus.com
Allison Bagley is the editor of www.HoustonTidbits.com.