North Liberty's Lights of Liberty ready to shine for its third year

NORTH LIBERTY, Ind. -- The North Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce held a preview walkthrough of its Lights of Liberty holiday light walk for sponsors and volunteers.

This year's theme is An All-American Christman honoring the nation's 250th anniversary.

"We are celebrating our 250th anniversary, of course, and we haven't heard a lot about it since the Fourth of July and we wanted to try to send the year out with a bang and make sure we honor that," said Sara Williams, the North Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce President.

The tour featured different sections of the light walk like a North Pole post office where children can write letters to Santa, and a walk-through Avenue of Misfit Trees, a fundraising contest with 12 entries benefiting Chamber nonprofit members.

"We wanna make sure that everyone can enjoy this and when you come, you will be asked to give a donation. Now, if that donation for you is all you can do is a dollar, a few coins, that's okay, because the hope is that there will be a few people that can give a whole lot more," said Williams.

With about 90 percent of the decorations complete just before opening night Willams said setup is a lot of teamwork with about 20 people helping with setup, "It's a lot of work a lot of extension cords and plugs and generators and making sure everything works as it should at the right times. The person that really deserves the most credit for this tonight is my husband, Paul Williams."

Admission to the Lights of Liberty is a donation of any amount because Williams said the Chamber chose not to charge a set ticket price so families facing a difficult Christmas can still attend.

Lights of Liberty will open to the public from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 20, 21, 27, 28 and Dec. 4 and 5.