UPDATE: December 31 2021 @ 16:17
This morning the Vancouver Park Board Team was thrilled to fix the train’s mechanical issues brought on by freezing temperatures this week. In a routine run through of the train this afternoon, Park Board Staff discovered that the Bright Nights Train route was in the dark. The train and lights are perfectly intact, however the main power source has been subject to suspected theft, effectively canceling Bright Nights for the remainder of the season. The matter is now pending further investigation with VPD.
The Vancouver Park Board and the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund are devastated that the public will not have a final opportunity to experience the magic of Bright Nights this year - a year in which Bright Nights in Stanley Park faced many challenges.
The Vancouver Park Board created a virtual train experience earlier this season which they wish to share with the public. Bright Nights in Stanley Park is the Burn Fund’s single largest fundraising event. The charity is asking the public for support with its Bright Nights 50/50 - the deadline is midnight tonight."
Virtual Bright Nights at Stanley Park
"It’s truly heartbreaking,” says President Gord Ditchburn. The year has been hard enough and now a suspected theft has occurred which is well beyond our control. From extreme weather conditions, covid restrictions and now this, 2021 has been a year of challenges and barriers. Fire fighters across our Province look forward to putting on Bright Nights every year for the community, raising funds to help support burn survivors across BC & Yukon. This final setback is devastating.”
The public can still support the Burn Fund by visiting this link to Bright Nights 50/50: https://trellis.org/bright-nights-5050?utm_campaign=cc31 or making a donation www.burnfund.org/donate
MEDIA CONTACT
Nicole Clark, Director of Communications
BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund
E: communications@burnfund.org