# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Gun Violence Awareness Month Community Cookout & Candlelight Vigil
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 am – Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 am
- **Event Description**: This year, JLD Community Solutions invites you to join us for our Gun Violence Awareness Month Community Cookout & Candlelight Vigil on Saturday, June 6. 

We’ll have free food, music, games, community resources, firearm safety information, free gun locks while supplies last, our Memory Wall honoring loved ones impacted by gun violence, and a candlelight vigil.

We are also encouraging everyone to #WearOrange as a visible sign of remembrance, unity, and hope.

Before we gather in person, we invite you to tune in Friday, June 5 at 7 PM for a crucial conversation with my friend Ryan, a firearm instructor, about firearm safety, personal accountability, and what it means to “see something, say something, and do something.”

We still need volunteers to help make this event welcoming and meaningful. Vendors and community organizations are also welcome to join us this year at no cost.

� YouTube Premiere: Friday, June 5 at 7 PM (more details to come)
Community Cookout & Candlelight Vigil
� Saturday, June 6 @ 1:00 - 4:00 PM (Candlelight vigil @ 2:30 PM)
� 900 Dixie St, Lexington, NC 27292 (Open field across from Files Chapel Baptist Church)
Cost: Free and open to the community
� Volunteer Signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44ADA629A4FEC07-63899059-gunviolence#/
� Vendor Signup: https://form.jotform.com/JLD_support/gun-violence-awareness-month-commun
� Memory Wall Submission: https://form.jotform.com/JLD_support/vigil-honoree-submission-form

Learn more: https://jldscholarshipfund.org/community-cookout-candlelight-vigil

Come out. Wear orange. Bring a friend. Volunteer if you can. 
Let’s remember, reflect, unite, and take action together.

#WearOrange #GunViolenceAwarenessMonth #JLDCommunitySolutions #CommunityCookout #CandlelightVigil #RememberReflectUniteTakeAction
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lexington/gun-violence-awareness-month-community-cookout-and-candlelight-vigil/200030119682042
- **Event Categories**: candlelight-concerts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Lexington
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 900 Dixie St, Lexington, NC 27292-5106, United States
- **lat**: 35.80352
- **long**: -80.26085
- **full address**: 900 Dixie St, Lexington, NC 27292-5106, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Gun Violence Awareness Month Community Cookout & Candlelight Vigil being held?
  - **A:** Gun Violence Awareness Month Community Cookout & Candlelight Vigil takes place on Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 am to Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 am at 900 Dixie St, Lexington, NC 27292-5106, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Gun Violence Awareness Month Community Cookout & Candlelight Vigil?
  - **A:** Gun Violence Awareness Month Community Cookout & Candlelight Vigil is organized by Johnny Leroy Dawkins Jr Scholarship Fund dba JLD Community Solutions.

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