Healthy Savannah’s Faith and Health Coalition to Host 4th Annual Faith Walk at Lake Mayer on May 3rd
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
April 21, 2026, Healthy Savannah’s Faith and Health Coalition will host the 4th Annual Faith Walk, a free community event to celebrate health, wellness and springtime fun, on Sunday, May 3, at Lake Mayer Community Park. Everyone is encouraged to attend. The event will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Mayer pavilions, located at 1850 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Activities will include a variety of healthy resources, information from local organizations, and giveaways for adults.
“Healthy Savannah will be giving away free local produce supplied by Forsyth Farmers’ Market on a first come first serve basis,” said Ruby Castro, Nutrition Program manager. “More than 200 people attended last year’s event, and we expect many of them, along with new friends, to join us for a fun afternoon at this beautiful park our County has to offer.”
Representatives from Tide to Town, GirlTrek, Forsyth Farmers’ Market and the Faith and Health Coalition are expected to be on hand with exciting information about those programs and to help show off the benefits of walking and bike riding.
The event will include a healthy walk around the Lake Mayer trail, which provides a connection point to the Truman Linear Park Trail.
“At the core of this event is a powerful reminder that we are stronger together,” said Pastor Yolanda Roberson, executive pastor at Kingdom Life Christian Fellowship and chair of the Faith and Health Coalition. “It is about intentionally reconnecting with one another as a community.”
Healthy Savannah’s Faith and Health Coalition is a sub-committee of Healthy Savannah, formed in 2014 to support faith-based organizations in implementing policies and programs that promote health. The Coalition strives to help elevate the health and wellness of the community through funding from a CDC Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant administered by Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia. Representatives of local churches and other faith-based organizations are invited to become involved in the Faith and Health Coalition which meets from 6-7 P.M. on the first Monday of the month at Kingdom Life.
“As we walk around Lake Mayer, we’ll be pointing out aspects of the Truman Linear Park Trail and sharing updates about the entire Tide to Town urban trail system project,” said Armand Turner, Healthy Savannah’s executive director, who also serves as a board member with the Friends of Tide to Town.
“We also encourage the Faith Walkers to join us for our weekly Healthy Walks each Tuesday morning and one Saturday a month that allow people to meet new friends, experience our local trails and parks and see areas of our city and county from a different perspective,” said Turner.
Friends of Tide to Town is a nonprofit organization formed in 2017 to advocate for the development and promotion of Savannah’s Urban Trail System through community engagement activities.
Construction of the final three-mile stretch of the Truman Trail from DeRenne Avenue to 52nd Street is nearing completion. It will fully connect the Lake Mayer Park Trail Loop to the Daffin Park Trail Loop, creating nine miles of continuous off- and on-road bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure through the heart of Savannah. The entire Tide to Town project is expected to connect 75% of Savannah’s neighborhoods to safe walking and biking infrastructure. It will include a network of 30+ miles of bikeable and walkable trails connecting more than 60 neighborhoods and 30 schools in Savannah and Chatham County, from downtown to the marshes and waterways.
Upcoming Healthy Walks are listed on Healthy Savannah’s events page at: https://healthysavannah.org/
