Hike for Hope provides an opportunity to enjoy our natural surroundings and acknowledge the ways in which suicide and mental health conditions have affected our lives and the lives of those we care about. We hope you will join us in the beautiful setting of the John Boyd Thacher State Park for this hope-filled event.
Our first-ever Thacher Park event will be a Luminary hike along the escarpment during sunset, with lit bags guiding the way, honoring loved ones and our reasons for hiking for AFSP. This is an all-ages event, and all are welcome to participate. Stay tuned for more details on pre-hike activities!
Register here: AFSP.org/crconstruction
We are also excited to partner with area construction and building trade organizations to highlight AFSP's new initiative engaging the construction industry in the fight to end suicide.
According to the CDC's data on suicide risk within occupational groups, the construction and extraction industries were found to have the highest rate of suicide in the United States. The goal of our Construction Hike for Hope initiative is to improve the mental health of construction workers through effective suicide prevention education, intervention and postvention strategies to encourage, equip and empower mental health champions in the workforce. Visit afsp.org/construction for more information.
Event Schedule and Park Info
7:00pm: Arrive at the Thacher Park Visitor Center Located at 830 Thacher Park Road, Voorheesville, NY 12186. Park your vehicle (no fee after 5:30pm), register, and a shuttle will take you to the Overlook. At the Overlook there will be an opportunity to decorate a luminary bag to honor a loved one, community organizations/ partners, and a food truck.
Between7:00pm-8:00pm: Shuttles will bring people from the Visitor Center to the Overlook.
8:15pm: Pre-remarks from speakers, moment of silence, speakers, step off for hike. The trail will be light up and volunteers will be placed along the route to guide participants. Participants will place their luminary bags and tee lights along the route as the hike.
Hike information: 0.75-mile hike at 1136ft of elevation. Trail tread material is compacted soil with a base layer of shale. Hiking route will descend down a flight five stone steps in the begging. Hiking route crosses two wooden elevated pedestrian bridges that are 10ft long and 8ft wide, there is a step to get on and off the bridges.
9:15pm-10:30pm: Participants will arrive back at the Visitor Center. All are Welcomed to stay at the Visitor Center until 10:30pm to enjoy a fire and s'mores.
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