Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Founder of A Little Compassion, Jane Moen, poses for a photo with participant. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Volunteer Gale Dilger places a decorated and lighted lantern on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Maeve Damato points to her decorated lantern on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

A volunteer takes a photo of the lighted and decorated lanterns on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier

Lighted and decorated lanterns are shown on display at Valley Regional High School during the Fifth Annual Lantern Illumination Celebration: Lighting the Way for People of All Abilities on May 18. The event featured music, lantern decorating, family activities, and an artists’ show and was hosted by A Little Compassion and its flagship program, The Nest Coffee House. Wesley Bunnell / Valley Courier