5K Walk/Run for Awareness and Suicide Prevention

The Lake County Suicide Prevention Task Force 12th Annual 5K Walk/Run for Awareness and Suicide Prevention will be an in-person walk at the College of Lake County (Grayslake Campus) on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 . We are excited to be back in person! You can also choose to walk independently wherever you feel comfortable, whether that is in your local downtown, forest preserve, neighborhood, or even on your treadmill!

Facebook Live

Our kickoff will be in person on Saturday, September 7th 2024 , Registration Starts at 9:00 AM, EVENT at 10:00 AM at the College of Lake County. We will also be hosting the kickoff on Facebook Live for those who cannot join in person. Please feel free to take any videos and photos and share them with us, so we can share with our Lake County community knowing that, We Are All In This Together!

This registration fee includes an event t-shirt** and resource fair bag, with local resources from throughout Lake County. If you are unable to walk or would like to donate to the event, there is a donation ticket you may purchase.

$30 for adults
$10 for children 5 to 12 years old
Free --kids 4 and under
$100 Team of 5 Walkers
T-shirt and Resource Bag Pick-up
We will be hosting a drive-thru event so you can pick up your walk t-shirts and resource bags in advance. T-shirts will also be available for pickup at the Walk event day of also. Future emails will be sent out with more information.

Date: Saturday August 31st, 2024
Time: Registration 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Location: Lake County Health Department 3010 Grand Ave Waukegan, IL 60085
**T-shirts will be ordered starting on 07/29/2024

--Registrations placed after that date are not guaranteed to be available. We will do our best to order more shirts, but due to limits on production and timing, we may not be able to fulfill late t-shirt orders after 8/01.

All proceeds go to the Lake County Suicide Prevention Task Force and support our mission to prevent suicide and promote mental health awareness in Lake County through outreach events, professional training, and community education, because one suicide is too many. For further questions on the walk, how to sponsor, or how to become a member, please contact us at [email protected]