Upcoming Illuminations:
May 1: Gold for Asian Heritage Month
May 2: Red and Yellow for Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
May 3: Lime Green for BC Lyme Awareness Day
May 4: Red for Fibromuscular Dysplasia Day
May 5: Red for Heart Failure Awareness Week
May 6: Blue for World Asthma Day
May 7: Blue for The Courage to Come Back Awards
May 8: Red and White for the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.
May 9: Orange for Borderline Personality Disorder Month
May 10: Purple for World Lupus Day
May 11: Purple for Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
May 12: Yellow and Green for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Awareness Day
May 13: Red and Black for Melanoma Awareness Month
May 14: Blue for Speech and Hearing Loss Awareness month & MEF2C Awareness Day
May 15: Blue and Yellow for International MPS Awareness Day
May 16: Green for Celiac Awareness Day
May 17: Green and Blue for Shine a Light on NF
May 18: Purple for Global Porphyria Awareness Day
May 19: Teal for Food Allergy Awareness Month
May 20: Blue and Purple for Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
May 21: Red and Yellow for Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
May 22: Blue and Red for FMD Awareness Month
May 23: Purple for Fibromyalgia Awareness
May 24: Purple for World Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day
May 25: Blue and Green for Power To Be
May 26: Orange for Light It Up Challenge
May 27: Red for Menstrual Health Awareness Day
May 29: Red for World MS Day
May 30: Dark Blue and Yellow for The Defeat Depression Campaign
ELIGIBILITY
The Vancouver Convention Centre and BC Place will consider lighting requests for community-based organizations and causes that are important to British Columbians.
All requests will be evaluated based on:
Availability within the event and lighting schedule
The nature of the request
Background, goals and values of the organization, cause or event
How the lighting will be used to benefit the cause/event
How the request relates to the Convention Centre's goal of creating economic, community and social benefit for all British Columbians
Please note that special lighting cannot be considered for:
Commercial requests (e.g. product launches, corporate events)
Individual recognition or personal occasions (e.g. birthdays, anniversaries)
Religious or political events or observances
Institutions or professions (e.g. hospitals, schools)
Requests made via petitions and/or social media campaigns
Please send your request at least 30 days before the lighting date(s) requested. Applicants will receive a response stating whether the request has been approved or not within one week of application receipt. Special lighting requests are approved at the sole discretion of PavCo and its facilities. All requests receive due consideration, however due to demand, some lighting requests may not be fulfilled.