Buddy Walk 2015

It's that time of year!  We're getting ready for the 2015 Buddy Walks.  This year we will be participating in three walks.  Yes, you read that correctly.  We are doing three Buddy Walks: New York City, Greenville, and Anderson.  

We've got awesome new T-shirts for this year!  The shirts are $16 and fund our Brinkley Bags that are delivered to families of children with Down Syndrome and/or heart defects in the NICU.  We can accept cash, check or PayPal.  Contact me if you need info on where to mail cash or checks.  Place your order here: http://goo.gl/forms/fpwvkRQ8i9

We are taking orders through Wednesday, September 23rd.  If you are wondering about the inspiration behind the design check out this site http://dsnetworkaz.org/holland/.

Our first walk this year will be the New York City Buddy Walk.  The NYC walk is Saturday, September 19th.  Brinkley will be appearing in the Time Square video presentation that will be kicking off the Buddy Walk.  We are SUPER excited to be making the trip!  

We know that you want to join us for a walk, so have no fear.  You can catch us in Anderson or Greenville.  Below you will find the details and links to our team sites where you can register.  Please note that the t-shirts being offered with Buddy Walk are NOT the Team Brinkley t-shirts.  

Greenville Buddy Walk

http://www.ds-stride.org/greenvillebuddywalk/profiles/team/TeamBrinkley

Sunday, October 4th
Conestee Park 
840 Mauldin Road, Greenville, SC 29607

Anderson Buddy Walk

http://www.ds-stride.org/andersonbuddywalk/profiles/team/27

Sunday, October 18th
Anderson University

More Facts

Some People You Need To Know

Meet Carrie Bergeron. She's an adult living with Down Syndrome.

David Saville is a young man that attends Clemson University and is an integral part of the football program. He also happens to have Down Syndrome. Check out these videos about David...

Here's an introduction to David...Meet David

More DS Awareness

Here are a few more of our recent DS awareness posts:

Come back tomorrow to learn about some cool people who just happen to have an extra chromosome!

Down Syndrome Fact #2

Buddy Walking

Here you have it....

Proof that Brinkley held up his end of the bargain.  We challenged him to walk a step for every person that we had supporting (in person and by donation) us for the Buddy Walk this year.  This video shows a little of him doing just that.  Enjoy!

He is going to try to walk at the Anderson Walk in a couple of weeks also.  However, it is on a sports field and we may not be able to get the walker to cooperate.  Go register for the walk and you will be able to see him in action for yourself.  You can register here: Team Brinkley- Anderson 

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month.  All month long we will be sharing facts about DS, as well as, stories of people living with DS.  Here are two stories of people that we think are pretty cool:

Tim Harris is a 28 year old man who was voted Homecoming King and Student of the Year when he graduated from high school. Tim graduated from Eastern New Mexico University where he studied Food Service. He has traveled the world on a sailboat. Early in his teen years, Tim began to dream of owning his own restaurant. In 2010 that dream became a reality with the opening of Tim's Place. You can learn more about Tim here:
http://timtheman.com/
or here:
http://timsplaceabq.com/

The next person you need to meet is Carter Murai. At only 7 years old, he became the first young model with Down syndrome to speak in a marketing campaign. In this Care.com commercial Carter talks about his requirements for the dream baby sitter. 

These are just two of the awesome people that we are going to tell you about!  Stay tuned all month long for more cool people and facts about Down Syndrome.