Boston Area Residents Help 'Shine a Light' on Lung Cancer
The top of Boston's Prudential Tower will go blue tonight as part of the awareness event.
Groups from in and around Boston, will “shine a light” on lung cancer during an awareness event scheduled today at the Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston St., Boston. Started five years ago by Amesbury resident Diane Legg, a lung cancer survivor, the Boston Shine a Light on Lung Cancer Vigil is one of more than 90 vigils being held across the country as well as in Australia, Egypt and Brazil, according to Charlestown resident and event organizer Julia Gaynor. “The first vigil was at the State House and it was so successful we moved it to the Prudential Tower, where we were able to turn the top of the iconic building blue for lung cancer (November is lung cancer awareness month),” Gaynor said in an email. The purpose of the event is to “shine a…
