PHOENIXVILLE — Balloons will light up the night sky on Tuesday in Reeves Park to remember a little girl who lost her fight with cancer along with others who are fighting or died from the disease.

Oct. 9 marks what would have been Gabriella Martha Vogel’s seventh birthday if an aggressive form of brain cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, had not cut her life short. It also marks her parents’ John and Carolynn’s wedding anniversary. Gabby passed away on Sept. 11, 2011.

The family is hosting a birthday celebration that will include a balloon release and children’s activities. Activities begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Families can enjoy treats from Petrucci’s Ice Cream-Water Ice, face painting and balloon artists. Piggy Paints will be painting nails with eco-friendly nail polish. Bands will be performing and a DJ will play the Vogels’ favorite songs along with other child favorites.