Yellow Heart Memorial officials will bring their annual COVID Remembrance Walk to Temecula in September, the group announced this weekend.
The organization was founded in 2021 by Rosie Davis in memory of her mother who passed away in May 2020, and has grown to a nationwide and international movement dedicated to honoring the one million lives lost in the United States to the pandemic.
Since the first memorial walk in 2021, the event has been taking place at different locations across the country, providing support to the families and communities grieving from the pandemic’s impact, officials said.
This year’s event is scheduled for Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Galway Downs located at 38801 Los Corralitos Road.
Admission to the walk is free.
Grammy nominated singer Justin Michael Williams, whose grandmother died from COVID-19, is scheduled to perform his song “Forever Yellow” during the event.
“When I founded Yellow Heart Memorial, my mission was to humanize the numbers and offer hope to a community that was hurting like me,” Davis said. “I wanted people who had not experienced a loss like this to see our loved ones as individuals, not just a statistic. Five years later, our mission remains just as important.”
Additional event information and free tickets are available at eventbrite.com/e/temecula-covid-remembrance-walk-2025-tickets-1242878165049?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios.