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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/05/2024
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Champaign County Fairgrounds
Categories
Join the Champaign County Down Syndrome Network for their 20th Annual Buddy Walk. The purpose of the Buddy Walk is to celebrate the local Down syndrome community and educate the Champaign-Urbana community about Down syndrome. There will be food and fun then the annual one-mile walk.
You can join a team or join as a family. Registration is now open. More info here.
Friday, October 4
3:30 – 5:30 pm | Team Captain T-Shirt Pickup at Kesler Hall on the Fairgrounds
Saturday, October 5
9 am | Registration Desk Opens / Team T-shirt Pickup
9 am | Buddy Walk Village Opens for Setup
BYOS* ~ Set up your area using your equipment
(no early setups are allowed)
10 – 11:30 am | Silent Auction, Hay Rack Rides
10 am – 1:00 pm | Touch a Truck, Silent Auction, Inflatable Games
Rolling Video Games, Club 321 Dance Party
10 am – 1:00 pm | Food Trucks Open (Come Get This and Kona Ice)
10:45 – 11: 15 am | Preparing for the Future presented by Thrivent
11:40 am | Silent Auction Winners, Team Awards & Special Announcements
12:00 – 12:30 pm | Buddy Walk
After 1 pm | Grounds Clean Up***
*BYOS – Bring Your Own Setup: Bring your pop-up tents, tables, chairs, or whatever else you need for your group.
***Grounds Clean Up: We ask that everyone helps clean up the grounds after 1:30 pm.
The Down Syndrome Network (DSN) is excited to celebrate their 20th Buddy Walk. It is a special way of celebrating individuals with Down syndrome and how East Central Illinois accepts and includes them. Funds raised from the Buddy Walk help the DSN host educational and social events throughout the year.
2024 THEME: ON THE FARM
IT WILL BE THE G.O.A.T.
