Carry The Load, an organization committed to helping and honoring military members, veterans, and fallen heroes, hosts the largest Memorial Day event in the country, Memorial May, each year. Five relay routes from across the country walk toward Dallas over the course of the month to arrive at the two-day Dallas Memorial March.
The New England Route of the relay will be making its way through Rensselaer and Albany on Tuesday, May 7; see route details here. The Veterans Resource and Outreach Center (VETROC) has created a team called HVCC VETROC to participate in this portion of the event and welcomes to campus community to join the relay, donate, or both.
Participants can choose to do all or some of the routes, either on foot or on a bicycle. The team will be walking together. Those who are not interested in joining the relay but want to support the team are welcome to donate toward the team’s $3,000 goal.
Registration and and donation information is available on the HVCC VETROC team page.
Local relay schedule:
- 3 p.m. – Rensselaer Police Station – 2.88 miles
- 5 p.m. – Washington Park Soldiers and Sailors Monument – 4.55 miles
- 7 p.m. – Staples on Central – 2.87 miles
- 9 p.m. – Carry The Load bus will be departing from Midway Fire Department
For more information, contact Stephen Onley at s.onley@hvcc.edu.