Candlelighters
In 1987, Edwina Eddy created a small charity called the Candlelighters as a promise to her dying son, Bryan. He was was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.
The name Candlelighters was used as a reference to the expression, “it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”
June 23, 2016, Edwina Eddy was awarded with the Meritorious Service Decoration for her years of childhood cancer advocacy.