Three of our great sponsors provided a complimentary breakfast: Chick-fil-A, Flowers Bakery of Norfolk, and Starbucks.
The Virginia Beach Chick-fil-A stores donated 1,000 biscuits. They were delicious! Twenty-two Chick-fil-A’s from Virginia Beach to Williamsburg distributed 100,000 flyers about the Walk. They have helped the Hampton Roads community many ways.
Flowers Bakery of Norfolk managed by Larry Kilpatrick donated a variety of over 1,200 pastries!
Farm Fresh donated all the water and more
Starbucks kept the coffee going.
There was an activity table for families to have fun together making crafts.
The crane, an international symbol of hope, healing and peace, was chosen to represent the Walk. Legend has it that if you fold 1,000 origami cranes your prayers will be answered. volunteers made 1,000 folding into each a prayer for those struggling with depression and those who died by suicide and for those -- a symbol of our hope to bring depression and suicide out of the darkness into the light. The starting point of the Walk was marked by a curtain of these cranes. It was beautiful! Volunteers showed participants how to create your own crane -- with 26 folds. It may seem hard at first -- but you can do it!
(See: Legend of the Crane)
You could decorate frizbees to fly off Mt. Trashmore. Deni Lewis volunteered to coordinate this activity.
The Walk also provides a place for people to remember a loved one lost to suicide. They can put up their picture or a memento.
Volunteers were ready to take complimentary pictures of people who came in a group: some were families, youth groups, military commands, a university sorority, and many others.
Depression Inventories were passed out as a way to learn more about depression & getting help.
Over 20 clinically licensed mental health professionals were available to answer question, hand out information, and assist with a Depression Inventory
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