💚 Mental Health Awareness Walk – Mason City

🚶‍♀️ Walk, learn, show support, and help spread awareness for mental health in our community 💚

This FREE event is open to the public and designed for you to participate at your own pace. Whether you take a quick lap on your lunch break or stay the entire time, your presence makes a difference 🙌

Participants are encouraged to:
💬 Connect and chat
📚 Explore local mental health resources
🚶 Walk the path at their own leisure
🍽️ Enjoy lunch downtown

Together, we can break the stigma surrounding mental illness by:
✔️ Sharing education
✔️ Challenging misconceptions
✔️ Raising awareness of available mental health resources in North Iowa

📅 Date: May 14, 2026
📍 Location: Central Park & Principal Pavilion, Mason City, Iowa
💲 Cost: FREE

🕒 Event Timeline:

11:30 AM
🍔 Food vendors, resource tables, and walking path open

12:00 PM
📣 Gather at Principal Pavilion for a short talk by Turning Leaf Counseling Executive Director Cody Williams
📸 Group photo
🚶 Group walk begins

Until 12:30 PM
🌮 Food vendors, resource tables, and walking path remain open

🌟 Full Event Details:

💚 WEAR GREEN
Celebrate National Wear Green Day for mental health awareness! Wearing green is encouraged but not required—come as you are 😊

📍 KNOW WHERE TO GO
Receive a resource card listing Cerro Gordo County mental health providers. Stop by tables to learn where to find support for yourself and others.

🎉 WIN PRIZES
Participate in an optional bingo activity! Visit resource tables to collect stamps and enter a drawing for a self-care prize 🎁

🚶 WALK THE PATH
Enjoy a marked walking route featuring newly installed sculptures. A map will be provided on your resource card.

🍴 LUNCH OPTIONS
Grab lunch at local restaurants around downtown Mason City or enjoy picnic seating in Central Park.

📩 GET INVOLVED
Businesses and organizations interested in participating can email:
✉️ [email protected]

🌦️ RAIN OR SHINE
In case of bad weather, activities will move indoors to the pavilion and Southbridge Mall.