limiting examples of means for illumination include light emitting diodes incandescent lighting fluorescent lighting phosphorescent lighting and so forth turning to fig2 what is illustrated is a side panel 106 according to one embodiment of the present invention the side panel may include a switch 202 the switch 202 may be a manual switch for manually turning the illumination device 104 on or off the switch 202 may be an automatic switch for turning the illumination device on or off in response to certain conditions some non limiting examples of the conditions may include the amount of light available to the solar panel the time of day and so forth the side panel 106 may include a second power source 206 the second power source may be placed inside of the side panel 106 the side panel 106 may include a port 204 through which the second power source 206 may be place the second power source 206 may be a battery the second power source 206 may be a rechargeable battery the side panel 106 may be configured such that the solar panel provides electricity to recharge the rechargeable battery the side panel 106 may include a switch such that when the solar panel 102 provides sufficient electricity to recharge the rechargeable battery the illumination device 104 remains off but when the solar panel 102 does not provide sufficient electricity to recharge the rechargeable battery.