June 14 · 5:30 p.m.
Heardmont Park
communitygriefsupport.org or 870-8667
Community Grief Support Service, an organization dedicated to helping adults dealing with the loss of a loved one, plans to host Memory Lights: A Walk to Remember at Heardmont Park on June 14 to honor people who have died.
The mile of walking trails at Heardmont Park will be lit for evening walking beginning at 5:30 p.m. This is meant to be a time for meditating and reflecting and remembering those loved and lost whether it be a parent, spouse, child, sibling, friend or pet. This is a child- and dog-friendly walk. The walk will end at the Play Meadow, where there will be music, a moon jump and food trucks.
At 7:30 p.m., there will be a memorial moment, honoring lost loved ones ending with a release of hundreds of large white, lit helium balloons with specially prepared or personalized prayers attached.
The cost to walk is $25 and covers the cost of giveaways and a T-shirt for every participant. The cost per balloon for the memory lights release is $20 and goes to fund free grief counseling and support groups offered by Community Grief Support Service to all bereaved adults in the seven-county Birmingham area.
—Submitted by Lisa Harrison
