SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Grieving families are getting support this weekend thanks to a fundraiser in Scranton.
200 people participated in the 5th Annual Empty Stroller 5K Walk and Run along the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail.
The empty strollers represent families who lost a child during pregnancy, infancy, or early childhood.
Families put stuffed animals and decorations on their strollers to memorialize their child.
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The goal of the event is to provide families with support and foster a sense of community with others dealing with this loss.
Among them is the event organizer Brandon Lamberton whose newborn daughter died just two days after she was born earlier this year.
"If there's families out there that have lost children, have had miscarriages, so on and so forth. We want them to know that we are with them and that they will never be forgotten," Lamberton said.
Money raised supports families grieving such a loss.
The Adalyn Rose Foundation has raised more than $118,000 in October. They hope to get to $125,000 by the end of October which is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
