Wednesday, December 6th is Finland’s 100th Year of Independence.

Dear residents of our City of Lake Worth: Please keep our Sister City in Finland, Lappeenranta, in your thoughts. To send a Tweet to Lappeenranta and say, “Happy 100th Year!”, click on this link.

Do you have blue and white lights to celebrate with Lappeenranta and the County of Finland as they celebrate “100 years of independence on
6 December”?

And get ready! The City of Lake Worth’s Midnight Sun Festival is one of the City’s most popular festivals
and is held every March:

Remember the March 2017 feature story by Post reporter Michael Reading titled, “Not Finnish? Not to worry. Midnight Sun Festival will appeal to all”.

What’s the latest? Find out below how you can show your support for our Sister City Lappeenranta on Wednesday, December 6th:

“Blue and white light will shine
in Finland and abroad.”

Although the City of Lake Worth’s Sister City Board was eliminated due to a lack of commitment from the City to recruit volunteers or to actively promote the Sister City program, the work continues to find another entity to carry on our Sister City efforts, such as by the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Authority (CRA) and/or the Palm Beach County Cultural Council.

For more about what happened last August when the Sister City Board was ‘Sunset’ (eliminated) by the Lake Worth City Commission click on this link for that sad story,

“Dear Lappeenranta, Finland. Our City’s Sister City Board is being eliminated. But please don’t give up hope.”

Dear citizens of Lake Worth, please don’t give up hope we’ll have a vibrant Sister City program once again.

Show your support for our Sister City Lappeenranta this coming Monday (Dec. 6th) and shine the “Blue and white light!”

Finland celebrates 100 years of independence on 6 December. The centenary has been celebrated throughout the year on every continent, in more than 100 countries. Several countries are taking part in the celebrations 5–6 December by illuminating central and symbolic buildings and venues with blue and white light. The Finnish Broadcasting Company will air the unforgettable moments from the illuminated venues on different channels.
     The enthusiasm to illuminate iconic buildings and venues with blue and white light has now spread from Finland to many other countries. For example, Niagara Falls in Canada; the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden; the Colosseum in Rome, Italy; Belém Tower in Lisbon, Portugal; and Castle Fortaleza in Maputo, Mozambique will be lit up with blue and white light.

Take the time today and contact your
elected leaders and say,

Let’s light up a public building here in
our City of Lake Worth “with blue and
white light” for our Sister City,
Lappeenranta, Finland!