Just a few hours left to register!

PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSES ON WEDNESDAY AT NOON!

You can still register at the walk, but will not be guaranteed a t-shirt.

The 2nd Annual Down Syndrome Awareness Walk will be held in Neenah on Saturday, Oct 1st!  

You can register online -- registration is $5 per person and you get a t-shirt.  New this year -- you can prepay for lunch online, too ($2.00 per person).  I hope you'll join us!!

GO HERE TO REGISTER AS PART OF OUR TEAM!!  :)

For more about the walk and the events that day, read HERE - Rachel Coleman of Signing Time will be returning, we'll have a lot of other entertainment (bouncy houses, clowns, petting zoo, craft table & more!)

If you'd like to donate to our team, you can do so here:  DONATIONS (or through the Firstgiving button in the upper right corner).  

All funds raised stay in our local community.

I hope you'll join us!  We had such a wonderful (if cold) day last year, celebrating those in our community with that little something extra :)

What does the DSAW-Fox Cities do anyway? Well, let me tell you. I think it' AMAZING!

 (Sorry for the formatting...that happens will I steal stuff from Michelle Z's blog. :-))

Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin-Fox Cities (DSAW-Fox Cities) became a new chapter of DSAW in February 2010. DSAW-Fox Cities has many ways in which it reaches out into the community to promote Down syndrome awareness. It is a nonprofit parent run organization that relies on volunteers and donations. The money raised from the walks is used for many beneficial programs, educational resources and scholarships. The following is some of the ways in which DSAW-Fox Cities is working hard to bring both awareness to the community and improve the lives of those with Down syndrome and there loved ones. Your support is instrumental in providing these services.  Please visit dsaw-foxcities.org for further information but the following are some of the things that you have helped make possible.

 Between January-September 2011, DSAW-Fox Cities accomplished the following:

• Served 85+ member families via private Google group
• Reached 150+ individuals or organizations via the monthly email newsletter, website and blog
• Held 30+ social events or educational workshops
• Distributed 35+ Down syndrome information packets for new & expectant families to hospitals, OB & pediatric clinics, genetic counselors, and Birth to 3 programs
• Created 5 new scholarship or grant opportunities for individuals with Down syndrome 
• Funded participation of individuals with Down syndrome in local sports opportunities and the Lose the Training Wheels camp in Milwaukee 
• Funded participation of parents in two national Down syndrome conferences
• Provided $100 gas/grocery gift cards to families experiencing major hospitalization of a child with Down syndrome
• Frequently submitted New Materials Suggestions to local public libraries to update resources
• Donated 180 books to be included in the Down syndrome information packets
• Donated 7 Signing Time school sets to local school districts
• Participated in Building for Kids' Children's Parade in downtown Appleton 
• Funded the Spread the Word to End the Word Campaign in local schools