One of the signs placed along the Long Bridge walking bridge during the 2022 Walk for HOPE.
September 8, 2022
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Walking for HOPE — and for others
Hold on. Pain ends. The message is as simple — and as powerful — as that, organizers of the Walk for HOPE said of their reasons for the eighth annual event. The annual walk across the Long Bridge — this year set for Sunday, Sept. 3 — highlights suicide awareness, hope, and healing. This year, there will be both in-person and virtual events for the walk.
Walk spreads a message of HOPE
Tucked inside the bright blue wristband is a lifeline. Printed on the outside is the message: Hold on, pain ends. Inside, the crisis text line for the Mental Health Center of America is embossed inside the wristband. The wristbands were handed out to the several hundred participants who walked across the Long Bridge on Sunday to raise awareness about suicide prevention and to raise money for Underground Kindness to fund speakers and programs at local schools.