Even the standing room was gone for this year’s Mrs. Edison’s Hymn Sing Tuesday, Feb. 3, at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Fort Myers. A record crowd of nearly 5,000 people attended the 20th Annual Mrs. Edison’s Hymn Sing.

The Edison Festival of Light event was presented by First Presbyterian Church and sponsored by the Galloway Family of Dealerships to honor the work of Mina Edison, wife of inventor Thomas Edison.

Those who attended donated $10,662 and 4.5 tons of canned goods to benefit The Soup Kitchen of Community Cooperative Ministries, setting a record for gifts of both food and money.

Attendees sang hymns with the 60-member Sanctuary Choir of First Presbyterian Church and friends, were accompanied by a full symphonic orchestra. To accommodate the large crowd, closed circuit televisions were set up in the church’s Fellowship Hall and the chapel.