Ahmad Butler Foundation’s Fight With Lights™ returns Sept. 2, transforming buildings, bridges and skylines into a global show of solidarity for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
PHILADELPHIA — Aug. 28, 2026 — From the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia and Niagara Falls to Tower 42 in London and the Petřín Tower in Prague, landmarks across the United States and around the world will illuminate in gold and yellow this September as the Ahmad Butler Foundation’s The Fight With Lights™ returns for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
The international campaign calls on buildings, bridges, monuments and other landmarks to illuminate in gold and yellow, creating a highly visible show of solidarity with children battling cancer, survivors, their families and those whose lives have been lost to the disease. Gold is the recognized color of childhood cancer awareness, while gold and yellow illuminations have become part of the visual identity of The Fight With Lights.
Sept. 2 will serve as a major coordinated illumination night for the 2026 campaign. Dozens of landmarks across the United States and internationally have already confirmed participation, with hundreds more invited and additional confirmations continuing to arrive.
Among the many confirmed 2026 participants are the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia; Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge in Omaha; Skydance Bridge in Oklahoma City; Terminal Tower in Cleveland; the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg; Dublin Link Bridge in Ohio; Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix; SkyWheel Myrtle Beach; Henley Street Bridge in Knoxville; Houston City Hall; the SR 520 Floating Bridge in Seattle; Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Birmingham; Virginia Aquarium; and Delaware Legislative Hall.
Internationally, confirmed participants include Niagara Falls; Canada Place and Science World in Vancouver; Calgary Tower; London City Hall in Ontario; Brant Street Pier in Burlington; Red Deer City Hall and Lethbridge City Hall in Alberta; Tower 42 in London; the National Library of Wales; Mansion House in Dublin, Ireland; Perth Council House in Australia; Eden Park in New Zealand; and the Petřín Tower in Prague, Czech Republic.
Those locations represent only part of the growing 2026 roster, which also includes city halls, bridges, government buildings, hospitals, towers, cultural attractions, businesses and public spaces across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean.
The campaign builds on a movement that has illuminated more than 120 landmarks worldwide in previous years, including One World Trade Center, Philadelphia City Hall, Boathouse Row, Philadelphia International Airport, Kings Cross Station in London, Aloha Tower in Honolulu and landmarks throughout Western Australia.
For the Ahmad Butler Foundation, however, the lights represent something much more personal than a skyline.
“September gives us a national moment to put childhood cancer in front of people, but these children and families live this reality every day of the year,” said Latanya Morrison, founder and executive director of the Ahmad Butler Foundation. “When a family battling childhood cancer looks up and sees their city skyline or landmarks illuminated in gold, we want them to know what those lights mean: people they may never meet support them, care that they are fighting, and are standing with them. In that moment, we want these families to look up and know one thing: they are not in this fight alone.”
More Than Lights
The Fight With Lights was created to take childhood cancer awareness beyond social media posts and ribbons by putting the issue before the public in places that are impossible to overlook.
Each participating landmark becomes a visible reminder that behind childhood cancer statistics are children, parents, siblings and families navigating diagnoses, treatments and uncertain futures.
Families and supporters are encouraged to safely visit participating landmarks, photograph the gold and yellow illuminations and share them using #TheFightWithLights and #AhmadButlerFoundation, allowing individual illuminations separated by thousands of miles to become part of one collective message of support.
Turning Childhood Cancer Awareness Into Action
The Fight With Lights is one part of the Ahmad Butler Foundation’s broader September effort. ABF will also distribute hundreds of Captain Poodaman Care Packages to children and families in Pennsylvania and Central Florida while continuing its national advocacy calling on federal leaders to recognize pediatric cancer as a national public health emergency and bring greater urgency and resources to the fight against childhood cancer.
Through The Fight With Lights, direct support for families and national advocacy, ABF is carrying a simple message: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month should be about more than awareness. It should move people to action.
Every gold and yellow building, bridge and skyline helps start that conversation.
A continually updated list of participating Fight With Lights landmarks, locations and illumination dates is available at ahmadbutler.foundation/the-fight-with-lights/.
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