This document summarizes several Buddy Walk events held across the United States in September and October to raise money and support for people with Down syndrome. Over 600 people attended the North Central Kansas Down Syndrome Society's walk in Miltonvale, KS raising $12,000. The Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress walk in Wakefield had over 3,000 attendees and raised more than $322,000. The Down Syndrome Association of Northern Virginia's walk in Centreville had over 1,500 participants and raised over $170,000. The Omaha Down Syndrome Parents Network's walk at the University of Nebraska Omaha campus drew more than 2,300 people and raised over $97,000. New York City's walk in Central Park and

1. The North
Central Kansas
Down Syndrome
Society Seventh
Annual Buddy
Walk took place
on Sunday Oct.
3, in Miltonvale,
KS.
Around $12,000
was raised and
will go towards
local and
national
operations that
support people
with Down
Syndrome.
More than 600
people were in
attendance.

2. The 14th
annual
Massachusetts
Down
Syndrome
Congress
Buddy Walk
and Family
Picnic took
place Sunday,
Oct. 10 at Lake
Quannapowitt
in Wakefield,
MA.
Over 3,000
people
attended the
event and
more than
$322,000 was
raised.

3. The Down
Syndrome
Association
of Northern
Virginia’s
sixth annual
Buddy Walk
was held
Saturday
Sept. 25, in
Centreville,
VA.
More than
$170,000
was raised.
Over 1,500
people
participated
in the Buddy
Walk.

4. On Oct. 9
more than
2,300
people
participated
in the
Omaha
Down
Syndrome
Parents
Network’s
Buddy Walk.
The event
was held on
the
University of
Nebraska at
Omaha’s
campus.
Over
$97,000 was
raised.

5. The 16th
Annual New
York City
Buddy Walk
occurred on
Saturday, Sept.
25.
More than
2,000 people
attended the
event; which
raised over
$100,000.
The walk took
place in
New York’s
Central Park
and Times
Square.