Mullingar to host Darkness Into Light walk this year
A Darkness Into Light fundraising event to help with funding for Pieta House is taking place in Mullingar on Saturday May 6 from the St Loman’s GAA grounds.
The route goes to Mullingar Town Park (in Millmount Road and out Austin Friars Street) and back to St Loman’s GAA grounds.
As this year’s walk was late to register it will not be listed as an official walk on the website – however, people are encouraged to still donate the registration fee on the website https://www.darknessintolight.ie/donate, and if they wish, to purchase merchandise here https://pieta-house.myshopify.com/.
Each year the walk provides an opportunity for communities to come together and to bring hope to people who have been affected by suicide.
The walk is organised by Mullingar Chamber of Commerce and Mullingar Tidy Towns and supported by Mullingar gardaí, Westmeath Civil Defence and Mullingar Community First Responders.
Aisling Coleman, manager of Mullingar Chamber of Commerce, said: “We felt it was important that Mullingar held a Darkness into Light Walk in 2023. The walk is a powerful show of hope and support for anyone contemplating or affected by suicide. We are a new committee this year and we hope to bring something different to this year’s DIL Walk.”
The committee have created a Spotify Playlist – find it by searching Darkness into Light Mullingar or by clicking here.
Participants are asked to tag #DILMULLINGAR in any of their social media posts.
If you are in a position to volunteer as a steward, please email Aisling at aisling.coleman@mullingarchamber.ie.
Photos and video from last year's event here.