5th Annual Walk for Veteran & First Responder Suicide Awareness & Prevention

Event Sponsors

Date and Time

Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

Veteran Resource Booths open at 3:30 PM
Walk participants will convene at 4 pm at the City Park Gazebo in Glens Falls for a brief greeting. The walk will begin promptly at 4:22 PM and end at 4:44 at our starting point. After the walk, raffle drawings and closing remarks will take place at the gazebo.

***This event is rain or shine!***

Fees/Admission

***Each registered participant is asked to donate a minimum $1.00 per person at the time of event. (cash or check only, please!)***

Please make check donations payable to:

ARCC Foundation

Contact Information

Tricia Rogers
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Event Sponsors

Description

The Veterans Business Network (VBN) of the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce (ARCC) invites you to their annual Veteran & First Responder Suicide Awareness & Prevention Walk.

The number of veteran and first responder suicides continue to rise world-wide. The ARCC's Veteran Business Network is committed to helping raise awareness and create an impact on prevention.

Agencies providing Veteran Services will be on site to share Veteran resource materials and information. The following resource and Veteran Support booths will be present at event:

SAIL (Southern Adirondack Independent Living)
ASCEND Mental Wellness
NY State Department of Veterans Services- (Cyndy Harris)
NYS Assembly Member Carrie Woerner
Glens Falls Police Department
Washington County Veterans Service Agency (Ken Winchell)
Alliance180
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention- Capital Region NY Chapter
SUNY Adirondack Joseph P. Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program
Warren County Office of Emergency Services
New Moon Healing
Warren County Sheriff
NYS Department of Labor- Division of Employment & Workforce Solutions
Hannaford -Veterans Retail Business Resource Group
Adirondack Thunder- Vet Tix Program
Adirondack VFW Post 2475 Auxiliary
Veteran and Community Housing Coalition (VCHC)
Unit 7 Veterans Group- Pine Knolls Alliance Church
Washington County Sheriff's Office First Responder Wellness
Crandall Public Library

Please plan to come early. After a brief greeting and remarks, participants will walk a circuit around Downtown Glens Falls for 22 minutes in remembrance of lives lost and to raise awareness of the need for prevention. This event is rain or shine.

**Participants are asked to contribute a minimum $1.00 donation per person at the time of event (cash or check only, please).**

Please make checks payable to:

ARCC Foundation

Plan to arrive before 3:45 pm to register your participation donation.

***Event proceeds will benefit ASCEND Mental Wellness to help support their Veteran & First Responder programs and community health trainings.***