BEECH GROVE — Franciscan Health will host the 40th Annual Walk to Remember in Beech Grove on Saturday, Oct. 4.
This citywide event includes hundreds of families from around central Indiana who have lost children through miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death. Participants and attendees will come together to remember the babies in a service of music, poetry and reading of the infants’ names.
Near the end of the program, a tree will be dedicated in the park, which was purchased by three former Franciscan employees who were at the helm of the perinatal bereavement program for many years.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the walk will begin at 11 a.m. at Beech Grove Central School. The walk will end at Sarah T. Bolton Park, where the event program will be held, featuring speakers and a dove release. Proclamations will be provided by the state of Indiana, the city of Indianapolis and the city of Beech Grove. Mayor James Coffman will read the Beech Grove proclamation.
The entire group will walk together to the park, with the street filled with families, strollers, and wagons. Those who cannot walk may drive.
A drawing for prizes will be held in the gymnasium prior to the walk. Winners may return to the school after the walk to collect their prizes. All event proceeds support the Walk to Remember.
Beech Grove Central School is located at 1000 Main Street in Beech Grove.