Walk for Hope raises money for mental illness
Published: October 12, 2004
Every walk for charity is a small step towards humanity for each participant: doing what you can, doing something.
We are the hope.
On Sunday, thousands of people got together at the Angus Barn in Raleigh for the 16th annual Thad and Alice Eure Walk for Hope.
This year the event had the biggest turnout ever. The Walk for Hope raises money for research and treatment of mental illness. Mental illness affects one out of every four families in the United States.
But the Walk for Hope isn’t just about raising money. For some of the walkers, like Charles Case, it’s personal.
“We’re here in memory of Ethan Naftalin,” said Case.
Naftalin was an attorney at the Hunton & Williams law firm. He suffered from mental illness for much of his life and earlier this year, he committed suicide.
Case explained, “It is an illness, it’s like any other disease. In our view, in Ethan’s family’s view, he suffered from an illness that ultimately proved to be fatal in his case. We hope events like this can provide research.”
Over the past 16 years, the Foundation for Hope has given more than $2 million for research projects and treatment programs.
See also: www.walkforhope.com
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