Volunteer registration
Performance registration
Vendor registration
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Why Partner With Us?
A Brighter Community, Together
Celebrate the spirit of Lunar New Year 2026 with us at the Lantern Blessing Festival, a two-day cultural and wellness celebration welcoming 5,000+ community members. Your partnership helps illuminate thousands of lives with blessings, joy, and unity—just like a lantern lighting the path toward a bright new year.
🌟 Spread New Year Blessings Across Silicon Valley
Support a festival that brings joy, prosperity wishes, and meaningful experiences to families, seniors, children, and professionals.
🌟 Preserve Cultural Heritage & Promote Unity
Your sponsorship helps showcase lion dance, lantern blessings, God of Wealth blessings, traditional handcrafts, and diverse performances—strengthening intercultural connection.
🌟 Promote Health, Happiness & Well-Being
As we welcome the new year, your support brings accessible meditation, stress-relief programs, and wellness activities to the community.
🌟 Make the Festival Free for All
Thanks to partners like you, families from all financial backgrounds can enjoy free blessings, performances, games, and cultural activities.
🌟 Demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility
Align your brand with compassion, inclusion, wellness, and community impact—values that resonate deeply during Lunar New Year.
🌟 Exceptional Brand Visibility
Your brand will be highlighted through digital marketing, onsite signage, festival stages, printed programs, and social media campaigns reaching thousands.
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As the year comes to a close, we reflect with deep gratitude. Through your continuous support, Bodhi Meditation Silicon Valley has remained a sanctuary of peace and compassion in the heart of the Bay Area—offering meditation retreats, energy healing, consultations, and group practices that help countless individuals restore health, happiness, and inner balance. This festival is our heartfelt way of giving back to the community that has supported us and grown with us along the way.
We warmly invite local leaders, businesses, organizations, cultural groups, and individuals to join us in celebrating unity, wellness, and compassion across Silicon Valley.
“Your collective efforts have created a peaceful, supportive, and vibrant community that we are all proud to be part of. Your unwavering dedication and compassion have touched the lives of many and continue to inspire us all.”
— Mayor Carmen Montano, City of Milpitas
🏮🌱 Illuminate the New Year Lantern Contest
🌟 The “Illuminate the New Year” Lantern Contest is here! 🏮✨
Looking for a more meaningful, creative, and joyful way to celebrate Lunar New Year?
Join our lantern exhibition, light up your creativity, and share your wishes with the community.
Register Now
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🌈 Why Participate?
✨ Celebrate Tradition
Experience the warmth, festive spirit, and cultural meaning of the Lunar New Year through hands-on lantern making.
✨ Family Bonding
Parents and children create lanterns together, making warm and unforgettable memories.
✨ School Participation
Student works are showcased together, highlighting creativity and each school’s unique spirit.
✨ Community Celebration
Let blessings gather as a sea of lanterns, ushering in a hopeful and joyful 2026.
Participants of all ages are welcome.
Invite your family and friends to create lanterns together and enjoy a Lunar New Year celebration which you can truly be part of.
🎨 How to Participate & Age Groups
Whether you’re a creative pro or trying it for the first time,
Everyone can create a one-of-a-kind Lunar New Year lantern!
- Entry format: Individual or Team
- Open to: Families, friends, after-school programs, learning centers, and community groups
Age Groups (Judged Separately)
👶 Children | Ages 4–8
🧑🎓 Junior | Ages 9–14
🧑💼 Youth & Adults | Ages 15 and Up
🔗 Registration Link
https://www.jotform.com/253497867218170
🏆 Awards (By Age Group)
🎖 Individual Awards (1 winner each)
- Best New Year Spirit Award
- Creative Excellence Award
- Master Craftsmanship Award
- People’s Choice Award
🎁 Each Individual Award Includes:
- $50 Cash Prize
- Special Award Certificate
- Winning works featured on-site and on social media
🎁 Participation Gifts (All Successful Participants)
All participants who successfully submit a lantern and take part in the event will receive:
- Unlimited access to 20+ specially curated Lunar New Year crafts and games
(Experience valued at $30+) - One mystery gift
- $20 Course Credit
(Valid toward regular programs at Bodhi Meditation Silicon Valley)
👥 Team Participation Perks (Based on Team Size)
The more your team participates, the more perks you receive:
✅ Recognition on the official website & social media
✅ Organization featured on big screen on the event day
✅ Booth opportunity (limited availability)
✅ Free passes for 8-Day Bodhi Meditation Health and Happiness Retreat
Up to 4 passes (total value $1,100+)
✅ $50 meditation course discount for all team members
🏅 The team with the highest number of submitted lanterns
will receive special recognition as the The Unstoppable Team Award winner.
After-school programs, learning centers, and community groups are encouraged to participate as teams.
📌 Contest Rules
Theme
Lantern designs should embody positive Lunar New Year wishes, such as
good fortune, family reunion, peace, health, happiness, and joy.
Submission Deadline
📅 Now through Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM
📍 Bodhi Meditation Silicon Valley, USA
Address: 919 Hanson Ct, Milpitas, CA
Phone: 408-843-1638
Judging
- People’s Choice Award: Voted for by attending guest
- All other awards: Judged by independent professional artists and community representatives
Voting Deadline: Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at 2:00 PM
Awards Ceremony: Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at 4:00 PM
Exhibition & Artwork Pickup
- All lanterns will be displayed at the Lunar New Year Lantern Blessing Festival
- Lanterns may be picked up after 22, 2026, at 5:00 PM
- Lanterns will be held at Bodhi Meditation Silicon Valley until 22, 2026
Originality & Safety
- Lanterns must be original creations; pre-made lanterns are not allowed
- No open flames, glass, or sharp materials
- Parents/teachers may assist for safety purposes only
The event organizer reserves the right of final interpretation.
Highlights：
Lion Dance
Family Handcrafts
Cultural Performances
Taste of the New Year
New Year First to offer incense
New Year Wish Fulfillment
Horoscope Reading & Blessings
God of Wealth Blessing
Energy Blessing
