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Rent the Lights/Suggest Lighting Occasions

Suggest Lighting Colors or Rent the Lights

Suggesting lighting colors

The Johnstown Area Heritage Association lights the bridge for major religious and secular holidays (such as Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, etc.). We also light the bridge for local charity events and nationwide observances, including health awareness events. These include well-publicized events like Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, World AIDS Day, Pride Month, Light it Blue for Autism, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Olympics, and so on. We will also light the bridge for community observances and events. Our programming goal is to be inclusive, meaningful, and fun.

JAHA recognizes that there are literally hundreds of lesser-known health observances. We welcome suggestions of lesser-known lighting occasions that are important to members of the community, and accommodate when we can. Use the form below to make sure we’re aware of the observance that matters to you.

Policy

As a matter of policy, the Johnstown Area Heritage Association does not accept lighting requests or rentals that have political overtones. We have not and would not light for things like:

  • A specific party’s election victory or partisan political rally (for elections, the bridge is red, white and blue.)
  • A political advocacy group or observance
  • The passage of a law or a Supreme Court decision

Please understand that we cannot accept requests for most lightings to honor or memorialize a single individual except as rentals. Memorial lightings for local public figures (such as a first responder who dies in the line of duty) are sometimes arranged.

We reserve the right to refuse any request or rental at our discretion.

Renting the lights

The lights are also available for rent for private events such as:

  • Memorials
  • Birthdays
  • Pregnancy gender reveals
  • Sports events
  • Wedding anniversaries
  • Corporate events

Multiple color combinations, animations, and effects are possible. The fee for this service is $100 per evening, with additional evenings for $50.

Requests and rentals should be made at least a week in advance, but a month in advance is preferred.

Get in touch

Please use the form below to inquire, including the following information:

For a community event or observance:

  • Details about the health observance or community event (when applicable, please include evidence that your observance or event is occurring — for a national observance, this could be a website with details; for a local event, this could include a calendar listing on social media, a flyer, etc.)
  • Preferred colors
  • Your preferred date(s)

For a rental:

  • Details about what the rental is for
  • Preferred colors
  • Your preferred date(s)

Please note that JAHA reserves the right to refuse rental requests as well as suggestions for community events/observances due to conflicts or any other reason at our discretion.