Online Registration Closes
Thursday at Midnight!
REGISTER TODAY
for Sunday's Event
**Please note that you must preregister to be guaranteed a t-shirt**
 

 

Having trouble registering? 
Call us at 781-221-0024 or [email protected]. Ask for Elaine Crowley

 

   
   DETAILED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
  

11:00am

 Registration Opens & Pre-Walk Festivities Begin 

 

Entertainment

Meet & Greet Rachel Coleman at her exhibit table (11:00-12:00)    

Boston Ballet Adaptive Dance Program Demo (11:15-11:45)

Yeager the Dog of Go Team 21

Movement and Music by Mr. Vic

Balloon Artists, Face Painting and Arts & Crafts

Tinkerbell

Tresca Bros. Cement Truck and Town of Wakefield Fire Engine

 

Pre-Walk snacks

Whole Foods Tent Sampling

Cedar's Hummus Sampling

Mix 104.1 Ice Cream

 

Sponsor Tents/Tables

* Parents First Call * Grandparents * Advocates in Motion (AIM) * Brothers & Sisters * Legislative Advocacy * MDSC Affiliates: D.A.D.S and Down Syndrome Autism Connection * Massachusetts General Hospital Truck * Boston Children's Hospital * VERIZON  Truck * AMP 103.3 * Reece's Rainbow *

 

11:00am - 3:00pm 

Food Services 

Note: this is change from previous years

MDSC Pre-Purchased Lunch Service

Food Sales on Vendor Trucks

(Pasta Pot, Chicken on the Road, Latin Spoon)

Food Sales on Festival Food Carts

 

12:00pm

Pre- Walk Stage Program

Welcome by Fox25 News Anchor Heather Hegedus, Emcee

Performance by Boston Ballet Adaptive Dance Program

Rachel Coleman performance

 

12:50pm

Walk Kick-Off Stage Program

with Special Guests including Self-Advocate, Katie Devellis and Dog Yeager(of Go Team 21) Jumping Act

 

1:00pm

Walk Begins(stage area) 

**2 Bus pick-ups on walk route at mile 1.5 and 2.75**

 

2:00-3:15pm

Post-Walk Activities Entertainment Begins

Yeager the Dog of Go Team 21

Children's Activity Tent

Self Defense Demonstration

Buddy Walk Team Awards Presentation (2:30 on stage)

Opening Act, Anna Tabasky (2:40 on stage)

Ayla Brown and 5-piece band (2:45 with autograph signing after performance) 

 

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ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
THAT'S UPLIFTING, BREATHTAKING & JUST PLAIN FUN!
 

  • Tinkerbell (above), Magic Show, Face Painting, Balloon Artists, and Arts & Crafts  
  • Mister Vic, the Esteemed Popular Children's Musician - Instruments Available for Touching/Playing with Expert Guidance 
  • Rachel Coleman, Star/creator of Signing Time! - Live Performance 
  • Ayla Brown, Country star and American Idol semi-finalist - Live Concert
  • Boston Ballet Adaptive Dance Program, Stage Performance and Demonstrations
  • Yeager, the world record holding extreme vertical jumping dog - Live Performance, Meet & Greet, Demonstrations
  • Self-Defense Demonstrations by Adaptive Class at Beyond Self Defense (Wakefield) 
Sunday, October 13
Lake Quannapowitt - Wakefield, MA
*Pre-registration closes Thursday at midnight. You must pre-register to be guaranteed a T-shirt.  

17th Annual Buddy Walk & Family Festival

A THREE-MILE WALK THAT'S SO MUCH MORE

 

For thousands of people, the MDSC's 17th Annual Buddy Walk & Family Picnic is all about celebrating their loved ones with Down syndrome and connecting with new and old friends. 

 

But it's also so much more!

 

Each step around the beautiful 3-mile route at Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield provides critical funds, which allow the MDSC to provide a wide range of support to those directly affected by Down syndrome and advocate for Down syndrome issues on the local and national level. We support new and expectant families, educate health care professionals about Down syndrome and how to deliver a diagnosis, provide social and leadership development for teens and young adults with Down syndrome, equip educators with best practices and resources, and create and influence legislation affecting people with Down syndrome. 

 

Our programs include our signature Parent's First Call, a volunteer, state-wide group of trained parent mentors available 24/7 that is a national model; two major Annual Conferences that draw national and international experts in their fields; and Self-Advocate Programs like Advocates in Motion and our Self-Advocate Advisory Council, which provide opportunities for teens and adults with Down syndrome while making empowerment a central component.  

 

October is National Down Syndrome Awareness, so there's no better time to promote acceptance and inclusion for the Down syndrome community than at our 17th Annual Buddy Walk & Family Festival. Join the excitement and the celebration.

 

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