LEWES — Beebe Healthcare's Perinatal Loss Support Services will host its 17th annual Walk to Remember as a virtual event, beginning Sunday.

The walk 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 to specifically commemorate pregnancy and infant loss. Similar walks take place nationwide each fall in honor of October’s designation as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic, the opportunity to honor the memory of babies who have died through tubal pregnancies, miscarriages, stillbirths or neonatal or infant complications will be held in a virtual format again this year. In lieu of a face-to-face group walk, you are invited to view an online memorial video, featuring a welcome address, a prayer and a reading of infant names, concluding with the “Walk to Remember” poem.

Following viewing of the video, family members and supporters are invited to walk in their neighborhood or place of their choosing to remember their babies.

The start date for the virtual walk will be Sunday, but families may choose to walk on any day in October. Information about the event, including the memorial video, can be found here.

All parents and grandparents who register prior to the event will receive a memorial T-shirt at no cost based on availability. Friends, other family members and supporters may donate $10 for a T-shirt.

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 645-3251.