The 6th annual Walk to Remember will be held Sunday, October 10, 2010 at the Concourse Corporate Center (the king and queen building complex near Northside Hospital Atlanta). The event begins at 2 pm and lasts approximately two hours. The Walk is a gathering of parents, families, friends, and healthcare providers that is held each October as part of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. (It is NOT a fundraiser.) There is a short ceremony, a symbolic “walk,” and a balloon release. Our mission is connecting parents to express grief for perinatal loss in a visible and active way with the support of family and friends.
Year-round, the Atlanta Walk to Remember committee works diligently at fundraising in order to keep the event free of charge to participants. Donations pay for: tent, chairs, and table rental, helium balloons, event programs, gifts for speakers, tokens for participants, bottled water, and activities for the kids’ table. Any remaining funds are used for future Walks and to provide perinatal bereavement training to healthcare providers in the Atlanta area. As in previous years, we will sell t-shirts and car magnets at the event. In addition, this year other mementos such as lapel awareness pins will also be available. (Note: all donations may be used as tax deductions.)
Please call Tara Spolan at (770) 442-8995:
- If you or anyone you know specializes in fundraising for charitable organizations
- If you own a printing company and can help with our printing needs
- If you sell promotional products or your company can donate gifts for our speakers, lavender balloons, (either filled with helium or donation of helium tanks), or lavender ribbons for the balloons
- If your company can donate a tent, chairs, or tables for use during the event
- If you are willing to donate your time or services
- If you have any ideas or suggestions for fundraising
- If you belong to or aware of any groups that would like to donate their time on the day of the event (to handle check-in/registration, distributing balloons and water, taking photographs)
- If you have a media connection (television, radio, newspaper, internet, etc.) and would like to assist with marketing/advertising of the event
- If you are interested in sharing your story or reading a poem that has brought you peace during the ceremony
Please email Megan Unger at keelismom@gmail.com if you are able to help with set-up or clean-up on the day of the event.
Donations can be made at any time of the year and are tax deductible.
By check: Please make the check payable to “NSH Foundation” and then write “2010 Walk to Remember Fund” on the memo line. Please indicate if the donation is being made in memory of a baby so that we can notify the parents of your gift. Mail the check to: Northside Hospital PNL Office, 1000 Johnson Ferry Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
By Credit card: Please go to https://www2.northside.com/donations/donate.aspx. Be sure to select “Atlanta Walk to Remember” under the designation drop down box.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or want more information, please email Megan at keelismom@gmail.com or call Tara at (770) 442-8995.
How to Register:
- One registration form per family or group
- If you include the name of a baby or babies, you are giving permission for those names to be included in a printed program that is distributed at the event. - Ways to register (choose one):
Online below
Northside Hospital PNL Office
1000 Johnson Ferry Rd NE
Atlanta GA 30342
When you register, you are agreeing to the following release on behalf of yourself and all people in your family or group:
GENERAL RELEASE FROM LIABILITY & ASSUMPTION OF RISK & RELEASE FOR USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS & VIDEO
I expressly release Northside Hospital, Inc, the city of Sandy Springs, Cousins Properties Services, LP and their respective agents, employees, and representatives of and from any and all claims, damages, responsibilities, and liabilities inclusive of any claims for personal injury or death which may arise directly or indirectly from the 2010 Atlanta Walk to Remember. I further agree to indemnify and hold harmless Northside Hospital, Inc, the city of Sandy Springs, and Cousins Properties Services, LP and their respective agents, employees, and representatives from and against any and all claims, liabilities, and damages to myself, my property, or others arising out of or in connection with the 2010 Atlanta Walk to Remember. I am aware of and fully understand and assume all risks in regard to my participation in the 2010 Atlanta Walk to Remember.
I understand that pictures and/or video will be taken during the 2010 Atlanta Walk to Remember. I am aware that the pictures and/or video may be used by the Atlanta Walk to Remember Committee, the Northside Hospital Perinatal Loss Office, and/or Northside Hospital, Inc at their discretion for promotion of future Walks, in current and future Walk materials and literature, for display on the Perinatal Loss Office website, and in Perinatal Loss Office literature and materials (such as newsletters and scrapbooks). In addition, video may be provided to the media and made available for viewing on the Perinatal Loss Office website.