COLOR FUN RUN FESTIVAL IN WICOMICO COUNTY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Johnson
(410) 219-3947(Office)
(410)251-5379(Cell)
COLOR FUN RUN FESTIVAL IN WICOMICO COUNTY
(April 17, 2025, Salisbury, MD) Join us Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 9am-1pm for this Free family-friendly Color Run Festival to promote wellness and raise awareness for suicide prevention. The event will be at Kylan Barn, 30603 Dusty Lane, Delmar, MD 21875. All are welcome to run, walk, and join the festivities. Check-in and registration will begin at 8:30am, opening ceremony at 9:30am and the run will begin at 10am. Event shirts will be given to the first 300 attendees at check-in. Design a shirt and wear it to the event for a chance to enter for a prize. Pre-registration is encouraged at Color Run Registration Top runners will be awarded in their age brackets. The day will also include fun activities with inflatables, Cascading Carlos, DJ/music, corn hole and more. Malibu Beach Eats, Tiki Hut and the Kettle Korn food trucks will be on site selling food, snacks and shaved ice. The event is Rain or Shine!
As we approach May, Mental Health Awareness Month, we need to pause, reflect and recognize a difficult truth: More than one in five Americans lives with a mental health condition, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Suicide touches whole communities: anyone, anywhere, at any time. It is not inevitable, but there is hope. Every 11 minutes someone dies from suicide according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each person who dies by suicide leaves behind someone who knew them, along with the impact of suicide and the grief that follows. We all have a role to play in preventing suicide and it begins with a simple conversation. Are you ok? Are you struggling with feelings of suicide? Are you considering suicide? You can read more about this at: https://www.samhsa.gov/suicide
You don’t have to be suicidal or in crisis to call the 988 Suicide/Crisis Lifeline. They are available to listen and assist regarding many things: substance abuse, economic worries, relationships, sexual identity, illness, getting over abuse, depression, mental and physical illness, and loneliness. Here’s more about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline:
- You are not alone in reaching out. Since launching in 2022, the Lifeline received 10.8 million calls, chats, and texts.
- The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a network of more than 200 state and local call centers supported by HHS through SAMHSA.
- Calls to the Lifeline are routed to the nearest crisis center for connections to local resources for help.
- Responders are trained counselors who have stopped over 90 percent of suicide attempts.
If you or someone you love is struggling with decreased mental wellness or suicidal thoughts, here are some steps you can take:
Call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to talk to a caring professional.
Ask them if they are thinking about killing themselves. This will not put the idea into their head or make it more likely that they will attempt suicide
Listen without judging and show you care.
Stay with the person or make sure the person is in a private, secure place with another caring person until you can get further help.
Remove any objects that could be used in a suicide attempt.
For additional information about our Color Run event at Kylan Barn, call Jessica Taylor @ 443-695-0548. For general information on suicide and to register for the walk go to wicomicohealth.org or find us on Facebook and Instagram (WicomicoHealth). A Huge THANK YOU to our community partners: Eastern Shore Crisis Response, Jesse Klump Memorial Fund, Life Crisis Center, Lower Shore Health Insurance Assistance Program, Maryland Coalition of Families, and TidalHealth Crisis Center. We also want to say a special thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible: Coastal Bath Co., Engel & Volkers (Mary Rice), Homes4Hope, Movement Mortgage (Ashley Ball Crist), Pure Fitness, Salisbury University, TidalHealth, Town of Delmar, Travis Lewis, and Walk Wicomico.
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