Be the Light - Glow in the Dark 5K for Mental Health Awareness - Be the Light 5K Run

Holland, MI

• Be the Light 5K Run

Join us for this awesome Glow in the Dark 5K! Invest in your own mental and physical health by completing a 5K, learn and spread mental health awareness, and support Beacon of Hope! Beacon of Hope is a non-profit counseling agency, which provides barrier free counseling at no-cost. Our hope is to raise $20,000 dollars, providing more than 600 individual counseling sessions. So go ahead and hit the signup button in the top right corner to register for the race. Then come back to the home page and hit the donate button in the top right corner to help an individual or family get the counseling they need. Why donate and help others: There’s so much stigma around mental health, stigma that’s literally deadly. According to the health department, suicide rates in Michigan have increased 150% in the past 10 years, and suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death of people aged 10-34 in the US. That’s right, this isn’t just something adults struggle with. In Ottawa county, 1 in 5 teens have seriou