RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Wet weather didn't stop thousands from heading to Raleigh this weekend to walk in solidarity for mental health.

The annual Walk for Hope, now in its 37th year, raised money for mental health research at UNC-Chapel Hill's Department of Psychiatry. Since its founding, the event has helped generate millions of dollars toward better understanding and treatment of conditions, such as depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, postpartum depression, schizophrenia, and anorexia.

This year was no exception.

Shelley Belk, Executive Director of the Foundation of Hope, which organizes the event, shared, "I have been involved since the very beginning -- for 41 years. My mom and dad started this because my brother struggles with a severe bipolar schizoaffective disorder...It's just

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