Name: Stroll Into Light
Start: 2025-11-16
End: 2025-11-16
Location: Winston Salem, North Carolina

About the Event

"tipping the balance between hope and despair"

A Stroll into Light is the answer to the call we have all been ignoring for the longest time. The mental health epidemic, especially in adolescents, only receives attention when a tragedy has occurred or a life is lost. Stroll into Light is a recognition that each person is fighting their own battle each and every day. Whether that be anxiety, depression, or any mental health related issue, no one person should feel alone in their situation. As a community, we must support each other and advocate for peoples’ stories to be heard. At this candlelight event, each attendee will receive a candle to reflect and mourn as we walk side by side. Stroll into Light will also have an optional time to reflect, and there will also be an opportunity to receive hope from individuals who themselves have risen from the darkness to walk in the light of life!

Please walk with us on Sunday, November 16th at Mount Tabor High School Track at 6 pm to be a part of the Fourth Annual “Stroll into Light.” Gathering will start at 5:00pm. Please check-in by 5:45pm to get your candles. Opening remarks at 6:05. Walk starts 6:10-6:40pm. Event ends 7:00pm.

Stroll Into Light T-shirts will be given away

Proceeds will be donated to: Local Mental Health Businesses

WGW YMCA Reaching Our Potential: Gives Students Free Y Membership & Access to Opportunities ($175 supports a student)

Shining Light on Mental Health: LISTEN! A ministry between Centenary's Youth Ministry & Shining Light on Mental Health that invites teenagers and parents to truly listen to each other in hopes of understanding one another better. (Guest speakers)

Winston-Salem Street School: Provide opportunities and outreach for Mental Health Awareness

PRESENTING SPONSOR: Womble Bond Dickinson, (US) LLP

PLATINUM: Merhoff & Associates Pediatric Dentistry, Sunbird Storage, Performance Driven PT, Novant Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

GOLD SPONSORS: Centenary Youth Ministry, Cooper Scurry Facial Plastic Surgery, Genesis of Winston-Salem, H2O Orthodontic Specialists, Mount Tabor Cross Country, Drs. Smith, Shehan, & Russel Oral Surgery, State Farm- Kristen Martin, Tammy & Eddie Polluck, The Norman Family, Tori Boysen - Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Abbie & Maddie Merhoff

SILVER SPONSORS: Buffkin/Baker, Holden & Mickey, Inc, Liv For Sweets, Pro Dance Academy, Trenton B Bottoms, DDS, Up Up Down Down, Erin Bonsall, LCMHC

BRONZE SPONSORS: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Sports Medicine, Carolina Psychology, Debbie Burns: Leonard Ryden Burr Real Estate, Alissa Flyod- Premier/Sotheby's, Forsyth Plastic Surgery, Jersey City Screen Printing & Embroidery, Mutch Love for Kim, Reece Bottling & Canning, Triad Radiology Associates

LOGO Design by David Jones

Races Offered

5K

Nov 16, 2025

straighten

Distance — 5K

terrain

Type — Walking

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Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Winston Salem.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 6.0° / 16.8°

wb_sunny 2.8° / 13.9°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 10.4 /

water_drop 65.4%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 6.0° / 16.8°

wb_sunny 2.8° / 13.9°

air 10.4 km/h

water_drop 65.4%

About Winston Salem

Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and 91st-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 249,545 at the 2020 census. The Winston-Salem metropolitan area has an estimated 705,000 residents, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area based in North Carolina. It is the second-most-populous city in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region, home to about 1.7 million residents.