Buying Luminaria Online
Starting with the 2010 Relay season, people will be able to visit individual and
team fundraising pages on the
online registration and
fundraising site, buy luminaria, and the individual and the team will get
credit for the money raised. That hasn't been the case in prior Relay
seasons. The money donated for luminaria would show up as general
donations to the event, and no individual or team would get credit for raising
that money.
So, as part of your fundraising efforts, be sure to let people know that they
can buy luminaria online if they choose. All they have to do is:
- Go to any individual's fundraising page (or team's page if they'd like to donate
to the team instead of any one person).
- Click on "Luminaria" instead of "Donate".

- Fill out the required information. In honor of, in memory of, etc., and
the name of the person you're honoring. Please note that the message,
closing, and signature need to be kept brief.
- Add the luminaria to your cart and continue making donations or proceed to
checkout.
At the Relay, we will provide each team captain with a list of luminaria
purchased online for their team members. It will then be up to the team
captain, or a team representative, to create and decorate the luminaria, place
it on the track, and read the name when they are called to read their team's
luminaria during the luminaria ceremony Friday night.
If anyone who buys a luminaria online would like to decorate their own bag prior
to Relay, they can certainly do so, or they can let team representative(s) do it
for them. Luminaria order forms are
available on this website. On the left-hand side, where payment
information is requested, indicate it was purchased online and be sure to write
the name of the person you are honoring on the bottom part of this side.
The right-hand side of the form is what gets attached to the luminaria bags we
place around the track, and many people choose to decorate this side of the form
very creatively. So if you'd like to decorate your own, although you don't
have to, you certainly can. Just remember to turn in your luminaria form
to someone on the team so they can bring it to Relay and put it on your bag.