Approximately 70 residents joined West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh and Council members Linda Geevers, George Borek, Kristina Samonte, and Peter Mendonez as part of the township’s first annual Light It Up Blue ceremony to recognize National Autism Awareness Day on April 2.
Also present were members of the West Windsor and Princeton Junction fire departments, township employees, and West Windsor police officers, as well as Boy Scout Troop 40 members, who read an official proclamation.
On the previous Saturday, Troop 40 scouts and police officers spent hours cutting special blue lighting film, which the scouts placed on lights throughout the municipal complex and senior center, the police department, and fire departments. All were simultaneously lit in blue lighting at 6:45 p.m. The municipal sign at the corner of Route 571 and Clarksville Road was also turned blue, as was fire truck Ladder 43.
The West Windsor Light It Up Blue ceremony was the brainchild of West Windsor resident and Troop 40 scout parent Justine diNardo Lim, who worked with Sergeant Mark Lee of the West Windsor police to bring the idea to fruition. The West Windsor Town Council had also issued a Proclamation for World Autism Awareness Day at its March 23 meeting.
The township, police, and fire department buildings will be lit throughout the month of April, which is Autism Awareness Month.
