9th Annual WCSC Parade of Lights 2023 Boat Parade
The 2023 9th Annual WCSC Parade of Lights was held on December 1st and 2nd for the benefit of 
and the Good Neighbor Cupboard food bank. This year's event was our prettiest ever with a total of 19 different boats over the 2 nights. Coming from WCSC and Portman Marina, the boats were not only beautifully lit up on the water for all to see, but they generously donated to the 
campaign and brought food to support the Good Neighbor Cupboard food bank. This was our best year ever for the benefit of these two charities. We also lucked out with the weather as we were basically rain free during the entire time that we were on the water each night despite the forecasts to the contrary.
Thank you to all those that participated by viewing the parade from Green Pond Landing and/or that donated a new unwrapped toy or brought can goods for the Good Neighbor Cupboard.
A big thank you to the following WCSC volunteers for their support of this event:
- Ronnie Ashmore for contacting news media outlets to help promote the event.
- Keith Schrecengost for taking pictures both Friday and Saturday night.
- Bruce Ehlert and Frans Van Zeeland for volunteering to drive the Whaler as a safety boat on Friday night and to Bruce Ehlert and Andy Fesenmeyer for manning the Whaler on Saturday night.
- Ron Sanga for leading the parade both nights, helping folks get boats ready, helping with the collection and distribution of the food and toys.
- Paul Jordan and Missy Goodwin for manning the Toys for Tots and food collection station at Green Pond Landing on Friday night.
- John and Terry Pilch for manning the Toys for Tots and food collection station at Green Pond Landing on Saturday night.
- Dacia Schrecengost for ordering pizza and keeping the fire going in the clubhouse until all the sailboats returned to the clubhouse after the parade on Friday night and for keeping the fire going on Saturday night.
A special thanks to Max Shaffer and all the other power boats from Dock 6 at Portman Marina. They brought at least 11 boats, but most importantly they loaded us up with Toys and can goods on Sunday morning after the parade.
Video produced by Anderson County Media: WCSC Annual Parade of Lights
Pictures taken by WCSC’s Keith Schrecengost can be found: 2023 Parade of Lights Pictures by Keith Schrecengost
Pictures of the Sail and Power boats entered in the Parade of Lights 2023 for the best decorated boat contest.
We hope that many more WCSC members will come out next year to participate. It is always a lot of fun to Light’em Up!, especially for the benefit of and the Good Neighbor Cupboard food bank.
Thank you again to all that helped and participated.
We look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year.
Ronnie Ashmore and Ron Sanga
2023 Parade of Lights Coordinators