Messick’s Light Event Raises Donations

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Messick’s Light Event Raises Donations

Major ag and lawn and garden dealership Messick’s in Pennsylvania reports their Light Show raised a total of $42,704.56 from 4,352 cars that attended the event.

The light show display ran each evening from December 1-30 with the help of volunteers who run the show and collect donations for local charities. This marks the seventh year for Messick’s Christmas Light Show in Elizabethtown. Over $254,000 in total donations collected since its launch. According to the company, 100% of the proceeds collected go to Mennonite Disaster Service; ECHOS (Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services); Paxton Ministries; and the Water Street Rescue Mission.

Messick’s is a large Kubota, Case IH and New Holland tractor dealership. It also carries Husqvarna, Stihl, Briggs and Exmark.

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