5K SILENT VICTIM WALK TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!

Grab a friend, and let’s unite as a community to walk, reflect, support, and raise awareness about the impact of domestic violence. Whether you’ve been directly impacted or want to show your support, your participation will help bring light to this often-hidden issue. Thank you in advance for making an impact. You are showing up when it matters the most 🧡🙏🏽
Join us for the annual *5K Silent Victims Fundraiser Walk at Keney Park (paved area in the park) There is also a food and clothing drive, where we give back by raising awareness about the hidden scars of domestic violence. Not All Scars Are Visible highlights the emotional and psychological wounds many survivors endure in silence. This walk is more than a fundraiser—it’s a powerful community effort to stand with those impacted by domestic violence and bring awareness to the different forms of domestic abuse that leave visible and invisible scars on individuals, families, children, and communities.

Why You Should Join Us:

• Raise Awareness about emotional, psychological, and financial abuse
• Support Survivors and help provide resources for their healing
• Stand in Solidarity with those who live with the visible and invisible scars of abuse
• Build a Stronger Community by advocating for change and spreading knowledge

Event Details:

• Drop a Donation and Grab a GCP Pin: 9:45 AM
• 10:00 am: Welcome and Gratitude Circle
• 10:30 am: 5K Walk
• 11:30 am: Refreshment on the Green (Bring your lawn chair)
• 11:45 pm: Speakers/Stories: from survivor to advocate
• 12:30 pm: Closing Remarks and Release of Balloons

What to Expect:

• 5K Walk for all fitness levels (walkers, joggers, and runners welcome!)
• Speakers & Stories from survivors and advocates
• Resource Booths for domestic violence education and support
• Degradable Ballon Release to honor those we lost to domestic violence.
• How to Participate:
• Register for the walk and invite others to join you.
• Make a monetary donation: Please donate to Interval House in Hartford, CT at https://intervalhousect.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donate, and PLEASE write that you are making the gift in honor of the “Gratitude Choice Project” so we can track which donations from this initiative.
• Donate Non-Perishable Food and Clothing: Please Bring Clothes and Food to the Walk. In addition to raising funds, you can bring food, toiletries, and winter clothing such as coats, hats, gloves, and winter undergarments which will be donated to Cornerstone Clothing and Food Bank in Vernon, CT, a non-profit that helps those in need, with food, clothing, and shelter. You can learn more about Cornerstone at https://www.cornerstone-cares.org/

We will end with a moment of silent reflection as we release biodegradable balloons to remember those we lost to domestic violence.
Thanks to our panelists/speakers:

• Amanda Delaura, Director of Advancement for Interval House
• Doug Edwards, President of Real Dads Forever
• Monica Stellmacher, owner of KUDOS, a non-profit supporting people impacted by underemployment and long-term unemployment.

Thanks to our sponsors:
The Urban Ecology Wellness Center and Advocacy to Legacy
PLEASE BRING A LAWN CHAIR!
PARTICIPATION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Hike leaders are not responsible for your safety. You may sustain an injury while hiking.
About GRATITUDE CHOICE PROJECT
GRATITUDE CHOICE PROJECT, founded by Psychologist Dr. Nicola Chambers-Holder, is dedicated to using the science of gratitude, movement in nature, and community to improve social connectedness in communities and decrease health disparity. This community’s mission is to connect people to the healing power of nature (CT parks, forest, and trails), to their community by giving back through fundraiser walks, food, and clothing drives, and to their deeper self through free outdoor gratitude hikes, gratitude walks, walking meditation, guided meditation, deep breathing exercises, retreats, and self-improvement workshops.
Website: https://gratitudechoiceproject.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GratitudeChoiceProject
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