By Craig Anderson

LEWES - Beebe Healthcare Perinatal Loss Support Services will host the 18th annual Walk to Remember event beginning on 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 at the George H. P. Smith Park, Block House Pond, a news release said.

The Walk to Remember is held annually to recognize pregnancy loss, allowing parents, their friends and families, and other supporters an opportunity to remember babies who have died during pregnancy or after birth.

Beebe’s event is the only Walk to Remember held in the state of Delaware to specifically commemorate pregnancy and infant loss, the news release said. Similar walks take place nationwide each fall in honor of October’s designation as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. A rain date is scheduled for Oct. 16.

Participants may pre-register or register on site the day of the walk. Attendees will gather at Blockhouse Pond pavilion before the half-mile walk, and then will proceed as a group along the paved walkway around the pond.

At the end of the walk, a short memorial service will take place to honor the memory of babies lost. A rain date is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 16.

Parents wishing to have the names of their infant(s) included in the program will need to submit a registration at beebehealthcare.org/walk-remember.
Parents and grandparents who pre-register prior to the event will receive a memorial T-shirt at no cost based on availability. Early registration is encouraged.

Event T-shirts can be purchased for $10. For more information about the walk, to register, or to provide contributions, contact Barbara Rogers or Terri Wyatt at Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing by calling 302-645-3251.