Jim Thorpe residents and businesses are coming together to light up the night on Friday in support of Tyler Kowatch.

The evening will feature a luminaria walk along the park, Race Street and Broadway, along with fundraisers to support Jim Thorpe Area High School senior Kowatch, who needs a heart transplant surgery to treat a disorder called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

Kowatch has been through three surgeries to address the abnormalities due to the condition, and underwent a mechanical heart transplant at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on Wednesday night.

In order to help the Kowatch family with expenses, more than 30 Jim Thorpe businesses have volunteered to make contributions or donate proceeds from sales on Friday.

“Businesses will have extended hours, and each business will have its own thing that they will be doing, whether they’re donating a percentage of sales through meal and drink specials, or other special offers,” organizer Beth Beers, who owns the Everything Nice Gift Shop, said.

Big Creek Winery will host a local arts bazaar featuring unique specialty items from 5 to 8:30 p.m., and 10 percent of wineglass sales will be donated to the Kowatch family.

“We’re hosting displays for artisan, handcrafted items,” manager Chantelle Gendron said.

“Artists will have a place to sell their prints, candles, soaps, jewelry and all kinds of cool stuff, which you can peruse while you enjoy a glass of wine.”

Best-selling self-help author Nora D’Ecclesis will hold a presentation at the library, with 80 percent of her sales going to benefit Kowatch and his family.

Jim Thorpe Yoga owner Maya Kowalcyk said that the studio will host a TylerStrong YogaThon with a suggested $10 to $15 donation, with all proceeds going to the Kowatch family.

“We’re holding the YogaThon from 4 to 8 p.m. We’ll have four different classes with a different teacher each hour. Hopefully, we’ll get a lot of people out here so we can help Tyler,” Kowalcyk said.

Conjured Soap Boutique is crafting special heart-shaped soaps, which will be given away for free, though donations will be accepted.

“They’ll be set out, free for the taking. Even if someone donates at another location down the line, they’re welcome to take a soap. Donations will be appreciated, and they’ll all go to the family,” owner Marianne Rustad said.

Photographers will be covering the luminaria walk, capturing images that Beers hopes to put together with a collection of letters of support to present to Kowatch.

As of Wednesday night, Beers, along with help from volunteers like Lehighton high school’s National Honor Society members, assembled nearly 2,000 luminarias. The white bags feature a heart design, which will be illuminated by a tea candle within.

Beers’s son Evan, a member of the NHS, said that when the opportunity to pitch in came up, the students were ready to answer the call.

“It was a good response. We had multiple students sign up for different hours to walk around the town, help keep the luminarias lit and set them up,” he said.

Beers said that she is proud of the strong show of community support, and she looks forward to an eventful night in support of an incredible young man.

“I’m hoping that people come out and get some dinner, do some shopping, visit the author, get a massage and enjoy the night,” she said.

“But, there’s a bigger purpose in mind, and that purpose is to show Tyler that he is not alone on his journey, that we are with him. We care, and we are there for him.”