Chalk the Walk

Chalk the Walk is an Annual Event held the 1st full week of May in recognition of Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. Residents are invited to use chalk to draw pictures and write positive messages and words of encouragement on designated public sidewalks or on their own sidewalk to raise awareness, reduce stigma and help encourage conversations about children’s mental health and well-being. Share photos of your artwork and join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #CalvertMentalHealthMatters.

Our Partners for 2025:

  • Calvert County Parks & Recreation Community Centers
    • Trail at Fishing Creek
    • Northeast Community Center
    • Mount Hope Community Center
    • Harriet Elizabeth Brown Community Center
    • Southern Community Center
  • Calvert County Public Schools
    • Mutual Elementary School
    • Patuxent Appeal Elementary Campus
    • Calvert High School
    • Dowell Elementary School
    • Windy hill Middle School
    • Huntingtown Elementary School
    • Calvert Country School
    • Southern Middle School
    • Saint Leonard Elementary School
    • Mill Creek Middle School
    • Beach Elementary School
    • Plum Point Middle School
    • Career and Technology Academy
  • Calvert County Health Department - Behavioral Health
    • Prince Frederick
    • Barstow
    • Chesapeake Beach
    • Lusby
  • Calvert Library
    • Prince Frederick Branch
    • Twin Beaches Branch
    • Fairview Branch
    • Mobile Services
    • Southern Branch
  • Calvert County Parks and Recreation Parks
    • Ward Park 
    • Hallowing Point Park
    • Solomons Town Center
  • CalvertHealth
    • Calvert Health Medical Center
    • Solomons Medical Center
    • Twin Beaches Community Health Center
    • Dunkirk Medical Center
    • Famers Market
    • Financial Office
  • Community Resources
  • Calvert County Sheriff's Office
  • Edward T. Hall Aquatics Center
  • Circuit Court for Calvert County
  • Flag Ponds Nature Park
  • Calvert County Parks and Recreation Natural Resources Department
  • Calvert County Economic Development
  • HIPPY/Healthy Families
  • Cornerstone Southern Maryland
  • Calvert Center for Change
  • The Weeping Willow Foundation - All Free Cutz
  • Prime Time Children's and Youth Activity Center
  • Solomons Mission Center
  • Jumping Jax Home Daycare
  • Green House Early Learning Center
  • Chesapeake Socials
  • DentMed
  • Circle of Angels Initiative
  • Department of Juvenile Services
  • Arts Council of Calvert County
  • ParcelEx
  • Adventure Point Youth Center
  • Solomons Day Care Center
  • Ms. Bev's Place
  • Calvert Commercial Real Estate
  • CCPS Infants and Toddlers Program
  • Local Behavioral Health Authority
  • BCR Consulting
  • Barstow Acres Children's Center
  • Board of Education
  • Little Cardinals Homeschool
  • The Arc Southern Maryland
  • Dreamweaver
  • Farms at Hunting Creek
Blue and orange chalk art with text "The sun don't shine without you."
4 students kneeling on the sidewalk writing and drawing with chalk.
Blue and yellow sidewalk chalk art of stars with text "He made you fearfully and wonderfully."
7 students drawing with chalk in front of Calvert High School.
Multicolored swirl sidewalk chalk art in front of a flagpole.
Sidewalk chalk art of strawberries next to a sun, clouds and a flower.
Multicolored chalk art hearts surrounding purple text "You are loved. Love, Ms. Hall."
Multicolored chalk art of a sunflower with text "You are amazing."
Chalk art of hands making a heart around a heart with text "You matter."
A student writes in orange chalk "Have a good day. CHS 2026."
Multicolored chalk art and students near the flagpole in front of Calvert High School.
5 students in front of Calvert High School drawing with chalk.
Many chalk art messages for positive mental health in front of Calvert High School.
Multicolored sidewalk chalk art with text "Take a break." and other text upside down.
Multicolored sidewalk chalk art with text "Reminder! Pass on kindness."
Chalk art on bricks with text "Never back down."
Chalk art of a whale, dinosaur and frogs with text "Together we can. The food here is dino-mite!&
Multicolored sidewalk chalk art rainbow and sun with text "Chalk the Walk! Spread positivity"
Chalk art on concrete stairs with text "Keep going! One step at a time."
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Multicolored indistinct sidewalk chalk art in front of bushes.
Large group of kids drawing with chalk in front of Patuxent Appeal Campus Elementary School.
Sidewalk chalk art of a bee with text "bee happy beecuzzzz we heart you."
Pink chalk art of a smiley face with text "Don't follow your dreams, chase them!"
Chalk text in front of Windy Hill Middle School reads "Mental Health Matters. WHMS Chalk the Walk
Chalk art of a sun, a smiley face, and text that reads "A smile a day keeps the hate away!"
Multicolored sidewalk chalk art of a sun with text "Good morning sunshine."
Adults and children looking at chalk art on the sidewalk in front of Windy Hill Middle School.
A large group of kids drawing with chalk on the sidewalk in front of Windy Hill Middle School.