31st Annual Holiday Peace Vigil
Posted by Web Editor on November 28th, 2006
Join us at the 31st Annual Holiday Peace Vigil, Saturday December 16, 12 noon to 1 p.m. on W. 4th Ave near Heritage Fountain, in downtown Olympia.
The Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation invites the public to participate in our 31st Annual Holiday Peace Vigil on Saturday December 16 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. along both sides of West Fourth Avenue — along the south side of Percival Landing and also along the north side of Heritage Fountain.
Download our flyer and post it on your refrigerator– and pass a copy on to your friends, family and coworkers!
Our annual vigil is a widely appreciated Olympia tradition. Children are welcome. We provide a good variety of signs, but participants may bring their own.
We invite vigilers to enjoy social time and free refreshments at a nearby location when the vigil ends at one o’clock.
During this holiday season of joy and good will, let us invite the whole community to set aside all militarism and violence, which are the opposites of joy and good will. The December 16 vigil gives participants and passersby an opportunity to pause and consider choosing peace instead of violence. Peace is so much more consistent with the holiday spirit!
The Olympia FOR has also sponsored a weekly peace vigil in Sylvester Park at the corner of Legion and Capitol Way, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday since March 5, 1980, and another vigil at the south end of Percival Landing every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. since November 1998.
For more information contact Glen Anderson at (360) 491-9093 or glen@olywa.net.
If you would like to contribute food for the post-vigil refreshments, please contact Ramona Hinkle 491-5483 monieram@earthlink.net.