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15th Annual SHARE "A Walk to Remember"

The event featured a memorial service in which the names of 275 babies were read.

Edward-Elmhurst Health, Community Contributor
Three of the four original founders of “A Walk to Remember” carry the banner to lead the 2019 event. (From left) Laura Morgan, Naperville; Stephanie Fiore, Lisle and Carrie Wrona, Aurora. The fourth founder is Amanda Albaugh of Plainfield.
Three of the four original founders of “A Walk to Remember” carry the banner to lead the 2019 event. (From left) Laura Morgan, Naperville; Stephanie Fiore, Lisle and Carrie Wrona, Aurora. The fourth founder is Amanda Albaugh of Plainfield. (James C. Svehla)

More than 1,200 people took part in SHARE’s 15th Annual “A Walk to Remember” on Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Riverwalk Grand Pavilion in downtown Naperville.

SHARE, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019, is a support group at Edward Hospital (Naperville) and Elmhurst Hospital for those who have experienced a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death. The event featured a memorial service in which the names of 275 babies were read, followed by a one-and-a-half mile walk.

Walk proceeds support SHARE’s counseling services, bereavement training and education, and the Wings of Hope Angel Garden at Edward Hospital, an outdoor space that was designed as a place where grieving parents can seek peace and comfort, as well as memorialize their child.

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For more information about the Walk, visit www.napervillewalktoremember.org. For more information about SHARE, visit www.EEHealth.org/SHAREResources.

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