PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Hundreds of people once again will grab lanterns (and rain jackets) to to Light The Night in Portland on Saturday.

KOIN 6 and Portland's CW are proud to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Oregon and Southwest Washington as they work toward better treatments, new research and a world without blood cancers.

In fact, the nonprofit organization, which has a chapter in the Portland metro area, has changed its name to Blood Cancer United ahead of “Light the Night."

The event begins at Zidell Yards on the South Waterfront at 5 p.m., and includes a touching ceremony plus a lantern walk across Tilikum Crossing.

Their website noted they are about halfway to their $800,000 fundraising goal.

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