Paperflower Foundation presents
The Light We Carry Walk
Save the date: 11/21/2026
Fundraising goal: $10,000
Location: TBA
The Light We Carry Walk begins with a simple truth: grief shared is grief made lighter.
November 21, 2026 is Survivors of Suicide Loss Awareness Day. Paperflower Foundation invites our community to walk together in honor of the ones we've lost and in hope for the ones we can still reach.
This walk is for the mothers, fathers, siblings, friends, and partners who know what it means to carry an absence. It's for anyone who has ever wondered if they could have done more. It's for those who understand now that love doesn't end with loss.
But The Light We Carry Walk is about more than remembrance. It's about action. Every step we take raises funds to ensure that someone in our community facing a mental health crisis won't go without care because they can't afford it. Paperflower Foundation covers therapy, psychiatric medication, and services for individuals and families during their most vulnerable moments, because financial hardship should never be what stands between a person and survival.
We walk because the people we've lost deserved more. We walk because the people still here deserve a chance.
Come carry the light with us.
Why it matters?
Suicide rarely comes from a single moment of despair. It rises in the spaces where support runs out.. when a job is lost and therapy becomes unaffordable, when a prescription can't be filled, when care stops just because life got hard.
Among Arizonans who died by suicide and had prior medical encounters, suicidal ideation was among the 10 most common diagnoses recorded in the months before their death. This means that many were already in the system trying to get help, but still fell through the cracks.
Paperflower Foundation steps into those gaps. Every dollar raised keeps someone connected to therapy, medication, and crisis support through the moments most likely to cost them their life.
Continuity of care saves lives
Sponsorship Opportunities
Every dollar raised at The Light We Carry Walk goes directly to Paperflower Foundation’s life-saving programs.
Here’s what your investment makes possible:
$250
Covers two sessions of therapy for someone who cannot afford care
$500
Pays for three months of psychiatric medication for someone in crisis
$1,000
Funds a month of therapy for two individuals without insurance
$2,500
Supports five individuals with both therapy, medication management and medication for 60 days
$5,000+
Creates a sustained safety net for an entire family through a period of financial crisis
LUMINARY SPONSOR — $5,000+
Our highest level of recognition. Luminary sponsors are featured partners in everything we do — from the opening ceremony candle lighting moment named in your honor, to prominent logo placement on event banners, t-shirts, all printed and digital materials, and a dedicated sponsor table at the event.
BEACON SPONSOR — $2,500
Beacon sponsors receive prominent logo placement on event banners and t-shirts, a sponsor table at the event, recognition on all social media, and 6 complimentary walk registrations.
FLAME SPONSOR — $1,000
Flame sponsors receive logo placement on event t-shirts, social media recognition, inclusion in the event program, and 4 complimentary walk registrations.
SPARK SPONSOR — $500
Spark sponsors receive social media recognition posts, name in the event program, verbal recognition at the event, and 2 complimentary walk registrations.
KINDRED SPONSOR — $250
Kindred sponsors receive name recognition in the event program, verbal recognition at the event, 1 complimentary walk registration, and a certificate of appreciation.