A co-worker of mine had a beautiful baby girl on Saturday, September 27th. Soon after meeting her for the first time she was diagnosed with Downs Syndrome. As a school family we came together with her family and created a team to walk in this weekends Buddy Walk. The goal of the DSACF Buddy Walk is to promote awareness and acceptance; raise funds for education, research and advocacy; and to influence local and national policy. The Buddy Walk is a 1 mile casual walk around Lake Eola, followed by a morning of festivities in the park. There were bounce houses, games, crafts, entertainment, prizes and tons of food. Lauren especially enjoyed the bounce house with her new friend Anna. (Anna is my prinicpal's daughter.)
In just 5 days, we donated over $4,000. We ended up having at least 50 members in our team to support the new family. I'm so proud of our efforts!
I truly work at an amazing school!
Red Bug Family
Team Emerson
Lauren hanging out in the bounce house.
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Aimee, thank you so much for coordinating Team Emerson at Redbug. It meant the world to Lauren and Travis. We are trying to get a blog going for Emerson and want to link yours. Again, thank you. Susan Forster, Lauren's mom and Emerson's grammy
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