Remembrance Walk held for families who have lost a child

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) – The third Remembrance Walk was held at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on Saturday morning. It’s an event for families, friends and University Hospital Staff to come together to remember babies lost during pregnancy and children lost during infancy.

Hundreds of attendees heard the names of the children read aloud and then participated in a walk through the zoo, where yard signs with those names could be seen along the path.

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The director of University Hospitals’ Bereavement Programs, Allison Remy, came up with the idea for the walk several years ago.

She told FOX 8 that in the first year, they had 477 participants. Last year, the number grew to 768. This year, there were 1,400 registrations for the walk…

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