Last night as part of being a collegiate athlete, we volunteer as a team to go do various things. Yesterday, we worked the Bentleyville Lights. Now, if you are not familiar with this, the Bentleyville Lights occur in Duluth, MN. The lights originally started in 2001 on Nathan Bentley's property in Esko, MN. He would decorate his property. In 2004, his family moved to Cloquet, MN. Here to entice the people to drive out to his house to see the lights he created an entrance castle made of 45,000 lights and over 500 illuminated snowflakes that were hung from his trees. Later he added a fire pit, cookie house, popcorn building and yearly visits from Santa. Just after five years of doing this, Nathan was transporting 72,000 people by school buses to his property. In 2008, Nathan received a phone call from the Mayor of Duluth asking him if he wanted t
o use the Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth to set up his lights, becoming a non profit organization. In 2012, the attendance surpas
sed 206,000 people. Bentleyville currently offers
FREE hot chocolate, coffee, popcorn, cookies, and marshmallows to roast. The cost of attendance is 100% free, however, donations are greatly appreciated. There is a $5 fee for parking though. Yesterday I had a blast volunteering for this organization. I was in the Cookie House the whole night handing out hot chocolate, coffee, and cookies to people. There was a huge crowd of people and the hot chocolate and cookies were goi
ng like crazy yesterday! I also received this very cool pin showing that I was a volunteer and now I get to have this very memorable time of when I volunteered at Bentleyville Tour of Lights. If you want to learn more about Bentleyville or how to volunteer you can click on the link
here. While volunteering here it made me appreciate how much I can do to help other people and organizations. Watching little children's faces light up when they would see Santa Claus or their first sip of hot chocolate on a cold night brings a smile to my face.
Last night as part of being a collegiate athlete, we volunteer as a team to go do various things. Yesterday, we worked the Bentleyville Lights. Now, if you are not familiar with this, the Bentleyville Lights occur in Duluth, MN. The lights originally started in 2001 on Nathan Bentley's property in Esko, MN. He would decorate his property. In 2004, his family moved to Cloquet, MN. Here to entice the people to drive out to his house to see the lights he created an entrance castle made of 45,000 lights and over 500 illuminated snowflakes that were hung from his trees. Later he added a fire pit, cookie house, popcorn building and yearly visits from Santa. Just after five years of doing this, Nathan was transporting 72,000 people by school buses to his property. In 2008, Nathan received a phone call from the Mayor of Duluth asking him if he wanted to use the Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth to set up his lights, becoming a non profit organization. In 2012, the attendance surpassed 206,000 people. Bentleyville currently offers FREE hot chocolate, coffee, popcorn, cookies, and marshmallows to roast. The cost of attendance is 100% free, however, donations are greatly appreciated. There is a $5 fee for parking though. Yesterday I had a blast volunteering for this organization. I was in the Cookie House the whole night handing out hot chocolate, coffee, and cookies to people. There was a huge crowd of people and the hot chocolate and cookies were going like crazy yesterday! I also received this very cool pin showing that I was a volunteer and now I get to have this very memorable time of when I volunteered at Bentleyville Tour of Lights. If you want to learn more about Bentleyville or how to volunteer you can click on the link here. While volunteering here it made me appreciate how much I can do to help other people and organizations. Watching little children's faces light up when they would see Santa Claus or their first sip of hot chocolate on a cold night brings a smile to my face. 
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