Jacksonville Beach Buddy Walk raises $300K for local Down Syndrome nonprofit

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – The 19th yearly Buddy Walk successful Jax Beach was held connected Saturday. The lawsuit raised much than $300,000 to enactment the Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville, which is simply a grounds for the nonprofit and supra their intended extremity of $255,000.

More than 2,000 walkers showed up astatine the Seawalk Pavilion to assistance rise wealth and heighten the lives of children, teens and adults with Down syndrome successful Jacksonville and the surrounding communities.

Along with the one-mile locomotion connected the beach, determination were different household affable festival activities, including bounce houses, carnival rides, music, look painting, and more.

DSAJ Executive Director Debbie Revels was excited to beryllium backmost retired astatine the beach, particularly since past year’s lawsuit had to beryllium hosted virtually. “This is lawsuit is astir much than fundraising – it’s astir our friends and loved ones with Down syndrome seeing that this assemblage appreciates them for their abilities and doesn’t conscionable spot their differences,” Revels said.

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The Buddy Walk is simply a nationwide lawsuit that was created to observe individuals with Down syndrome and to guarantee they are fixed the accidental to go valued members of the community.

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