Chicago community decorates 500 homes spanning eight miles with Christmas lights

The Independent

Chicago community group My Block, My Hood, My City hosted the Be A Part Of The Light initiative for a sixth year on Saturday. The program was launched to inspire hope and lift spirits during the holidays.

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00:00 the holiday season kicks into

00:01 high gear this first weekend in

00:03 December. Part of the sixth

00:05 annual Be A Part of the Light

00:06 celebration. Fox 32's

00:08 Gabriella Primus spent the

00:09 evening on the South Side with

00:11 My Block, My Hood, My City.

00:14 Light stringing from house to

00:16 house with every bulb and

00:18 lighting holiday spirit on the

00:20 South Side.

00:23 Every home can be beautiful,

00:25 especially in those communities

00:27 that are not as well lit.

00:29 Especially in those communities

00:30 where people forget about

00:32 themselves.

00:33 Along Martin Luther King Drive

00:35 from 35th to 115th, 500 houses

00:38 are draped with Christmas lights.

00:40 It makes somebody in the

00:41 community feel good. We make

00:43 them feel like they've been

00:44 cared about. Somebody's

00:45 thinking about them and when you

00:46 feel that way, they'll do extra

00:47 things to make sure the

00:48 community is taken care of and

00:50 they'll participate.

00:51 It took hundreds of volunteers

00:53 to make it happen. They had no

00:55 problem participating since it

00:56 makes the whole community feel

00:58 brighter year after year.

01:07 My Block, My Hood, My City made

01:09 sure the Be A Part of the Light

01:10 initiative was an experience

01:12 open to the whole community.

01:17 She had got some toys and stuff

01:19 and then Christmas decoration.

01:22 Jordan Jenkins left her first

01:23 event feeling fulfilled.

01:25 You know, like giving back to

01:27 community and stuff and hanging

01:28 out, it does mean a lot to me.

01:30 My Block, My Hood, My City says

01:31 from young to old, they want to

01:33 make everyone feel special.

01:38 Alderman Willem Hall says it

01:39 works.

01:41 Well, when people get Christmas

01:43 decorations in the 6th Ward,

01:45 it's just a magical feeling.

01:47 It's a feeling of hope, it's a

01:49 feeling of joy and with all

01:50 that's going on in Chicago and

01:52 the world, that's all we need.

01:54 My Block, My Hood says they're

01:55 always welcoming volunteers and

01:57 next year they want to grow the

01:58 number of houses even more.

02:00 On the South Side,

02:01 Gabriella Primus, Fox 32 Chicago.

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