| | 2008 Kansas City
Buddy Walk
An Amazing Success!
www.kcbuddywalk.org
Congratulations!
Thank you for joining First Downs for Down Syndrome and the Down Syndrome Guild
of Greater Kansas City at the 13th Annual Buddy Walk Family Festival. On
Saturday, October 18th, approximately 7,000 people joined us at
Arrowhead Stadium to celebrate life with Down syndrome. The Kansas City Buddy
Walk is part of 275 Buddy Walks held worldwide to promote awareness and raise
funds to help individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the
professionals who serve and support them. With your generous support we were
the LARGEST walk in the world raising over $450,000!
But We're Not Done Yet...
Online donations will be accepted through December 15th. You can also mail in
any donations with your team name to:
First Downs for Down Syndrome
10200 West 75th Street, Suite 281
Shawnee Mission, KS 66204
Keep your eye on the Buddy Walk website
as we will be posting all donations received the day of the Buddy Walk to the
website. Be sure to check your team page to see your team totals grow.
Special Thanks
Special Thanks to our 2008 Buddy Walk Committee Chair, Doug Laird, and to all
of our walk committee members for their tireless efforts. We are also extend
our sincere thanks to our wonderful team captains and walk day volunteers.
Thank you to our amazing sponsors:
Keller Williams (Title Sponsor), BKD
(Presenting Sponsor), Anderson Erickson, Blue Bell, Cerner, Commerce Trust Co.,
Dr. Pepper, Digital Designs, Frito Lay, Garmin, Global Prairie, JE Dunn, Joshua
& Co., KFC, Kansas City Star, Kraft Foods, Krispy Kreme, Liberty Fruit,
Lockton, Mrs. Baird's, Pepsi, Osage Marketing, O'Reilly Autoparts, PROSOCO,
National Marketing Resources, SEGA, Scimeca's, US Foodservice, 101 The Fox,
94.9 KCMO, 105.1 Jack FM, Please be sure to give them your business as they
have shown they support people with Down syndrome through their sponsorship of
the Buddy Walk.
Comments, Suggestions, Photos
We hope you enjoyed your Buddy Walk
experience and will be back next year for an even bigger and better event!
Please send us your thoughts on what you liked and how we can make the walk
better. Send us your great Buddy Walk photos so we can consider them for next
year's Buddy Walk brochure. Interested in joining the Buddy Walk Committee? We
can always use good help! For more information about being a part of the
committee, or to send us comments, suggestions and photos, please contact us
at: stoll@fdfds.org or (913) 722-2499.
Amy Stoll
Executive Director, FDFDS
Amy Allison
Executive Director, DSG
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