In Their Name
A National Day of Remembrance and Connection
Together, we carry their names and create a path to hope and healing.
Carry a stone with your loved one’s name on September 19th.
Find a stone.
Any stone will do.
Write your loved one's name on it.
Paint markers work well.
Carry it with you.
Up a mountain, around a park, down a city block, in your pocket while you run errands or work out.
Place it in a cairn.
When you're done, place the stone in a cairn on a hiking trail, a city park, or even on your windowsill.
Share it.
Use #intheirname and tag @riserecoverlive if you post about the day on social media.
Built directly out of a tradition we already have at The Phoenix: our hikes in Moab, where each person carries a small stone and creates a cairn at the end of the trail.
In Their Name is a national day of remembrance for the people we’ve lost to substance use, mental illness, and isolation. We’re taking that ritual—carrying a name, carrying a memory, carrying a person forward—and opening it up to the whole country.
The ambition is that this becomes a day the whole country observes — not through our programming, but through millions of people doing a simple action on the same day because it means something to them.
Volunteers encouraged to host a group hike, walk, or workout on 9/19 with space for sharing loved ones’ memories. Bring along a few paint markers for rock decoration!
Hike
Up a mountain. Build a cairn at the top.
Walk
Around a park. Down a city block.
Workout
Stone in your pocket. Hold space to share.
On your own
Carry it through an ordinary day. Rest it on your windowsill.
15 names carried, and counting.
Woody
Adam
Stevie
James W
Shane C
Tiff
Kinsey L.
Daniel H.