Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member On Saturday, September 30th, the Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands will celebrate its 2017 Buddy Walk® event at Stinson Park in Omaha, Nebraska. One of over 60 teams working to reach the $100,000 event goal, Carly’s Crew walks in honor of three (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member On Saturday, September 30th, GRADSA will celebrate their 20th annual Buddy Walk®. This year’s walk introduced us to a new team on the leaderboard, Little Vann Man. Currently a top fundraising team, we were invited to learn more about Vann and his family. (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member On Saturday, September 23rd, the Rio Grande Down Syndrome Network will celebrate its 2017 Buddy Walk® at the Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Leading the group of teams helping the RGDSN work toward their $50,000 fundraising goal is Derek’s Superfly (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member The 20th Annual GRADSA Buddy Walk® will take place on Saturday, September 30th. The Green River Down Syndrome Association has a goal of raising $70,000 to fund programming and support for the local Down syndrome community, and helping them do that is Preston’s (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member On Saturday, October 14th, the East Texas Down Syndrome Group will celebrate their 16th Annual Buddy Walk® of East Texas. With a goal of raising $65,000 this year, the ETDSG relies on the leadership of their team captains to assist with the fundraising (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member On October 1st, the Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio will celebrate its 16th annual Columbus Buddy Walk®. Hoping to raise $450,000 this year, DSACO is getting help from a new team on the scene: Buddies Inc, led by 11 year old team (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member The 2017 Club 21 Together is Better Walkathon will take place in Pasadena’s lovely Central Park on Saturday, October 21st. Hoping to raise $200,000 to fund programming for individuals with Down syndrome and their families, the event will offer participants a day of (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member The 8th Annual DSASBC Buddy Walk® and Festival will be held on June 17, 2017, at the beautiful Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara. The event will once again feature entertainment, games, a silent auction and raffle, and of course, the walk. This (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member The 2017 Dayton Buddy Walk® will be held on Saturday, September 16th; the Miami Valley Down Syndrome Association launched this year’s fundraising site on World Down Syndrome Day, March 21st. In anticipation of this year’s event, I had the privilege of chatting with (more…)

Author: Jen Franklin Kearns, ds-connex team member On Saturday, March 18th, family and friends will gather to celebrate the Fun Coast Down Syndrome Association Margaret and Terri Wickel Memorial Buddy Walk®. Among the more than 20 teams which will assemble at Central Park in Palm Coast, Florida, you will find (more…)