Be the Light - Glow in the Dark 5K
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Be the Light Glow in the Dark 5K for Mental Health Awareness
Be the Light is a Glow in the Dark 5K event held on 09/12/2026 at Moran Park, 21st St & Maple Ave, Holland, MI 49423, United States. The event is presented as a community run to raise awareness about mental health and to support a local counseling nonprofit.
Registration opens April 2, 2026 and closes August 16, 2026. The standard registration fee is $35. Registered participants receive a shirt. Late registration is available during the event at a higher fee of $40, and event check in is available throughout the event.
The event supports Beacon of Hope, a nonprofit counseling agency described as providing barrier free counseling at no cost. The organizer states a fundraising goal of $20,000 to provide more than 600 individual counseling sessions. Materials for the event cite recent local and state mental health statistics, including a reported 150 percent increase in suicide rates in Michigan over the past ten years, the identification of suicide as the second leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 34 in the United States, and a report that in Ottawa County one in five teens have seriously considered taking their lives, with two thirds of those younger than 16. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
