# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Monroe County's Walk for Hope; Be the Light 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 am (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: The Walk for Hope (formerly the Out of the Darkness Walk) is a community event dedicated to suicide prevention, mental health awareness, and support for those impacted by mental illness.

The walk benefits Human Support Services (HSS) now known as Caritas —a local nonprofit providing critical mental and behavioral health services right here in Monroe County. Through HSS, free trainings, counseling, substance use treatment, and school-based therapy are reaching hundreds of individuals and families each year—regardless of ability to pay.

🗓 Saturday, September 27
📍 Lakeview Park, Waterloo

Thanks to our community and sponsors, this walk has raised over $180,000 in the past six years to support education, advocacy, and lifesaving services.

Together, we can continue this work.
✨ Be the Light. ✨
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/waterloo/monroe-countys-walk-for-hope;-be-the-light/200029941777306
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Waterloo
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Lakeview Park
- **lat**: 38.309893294176
- **long**: -90.166623215482
- **full address**: Lakeview Park, 1400 Lakeview Dr,Waterloo, Illinois, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Monroe County's Walk for Hope; Be the Light
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/01d35d6f6642a190269f08e829dee1050ffefa4303835034851eae5fd83a601e-rimg-w1200-h900-dc8d904c-gmir?v=1776167885

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Monroe County's Walk for Hope; Be the Light  being held?
  - **A:** Monroe County's Walk for Hope; Be the Light  takes place on Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 am at Lakeview Park, 1400 Lakeview Dr,Waterloo, Illinois, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Monroe County's Walk for Hope; Be the Light ?
  - **A:** Monroe County's Walk for Hope; Be the Light  is organized by Monroe County's Walk for Hope; Be the Light.

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