Members of the Sherri Denese Jackson Foundation, and community members are hosting the event on Friday. Founder and President of the non-profit organization, Portia Shipman says family members of victims and survivors will share their stories at the vigil. Among them will be the father and sister of the Smith brothers.

Last month, Fourteen year-old Zack and 17 year-old Dylan died at the hands of their mother Mary Ann Holder. She left a note apologizing for killing them and three other children during the Pleasant Garden shooting rampage.

Portia Shipman, founder and executive director of the foundation believes this vigil will help the community heal.

"This is an event that we are so much looking forward to because we want to keep spreading awareness about domestic violence. His family is actually going to be putting their loved ones picture on our wall of remembrance which is a wall that we use to remember lost loved ones so we know that their lives meant something and hopefully by telling their stories, we can save someone else's life," said Shipman

The Sherri Denese Jackson Foundation was started in 2008 to bring awareness about domestic violence and provide resources to survivors.

According to the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, since January of this year, 65 people in the state have been murdered in domestic violence related incidents.

Shipman says during the holiday season many people fall victims to domestic violence. The number of cases and death rise during this time of year.

The domestic violence candle light vigil will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday at the Sherri Denese Jackson Foundation on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Greensboro.

The event is free and open to the public.