The Diabetes Association, Inc. (DAI) of Fall River and New Bedford held their  8th Annual “Keep Moving for Camp Kyle” Walk-a-thon at Government Center on May 30, 2009. The walk kicked off at 9:30 a.m. sharp and took dozens of walkers on a two-mile route up North Main and Maple Streets to Highland Avenue and around Charlton Hospital before returning to city hall. The event, which this year raised over $25,000, helps to support Camp Kyle, a summer camp dedicated to children with diabetes. The camp offers a camp experience that is tailored to the specific medical and social needs of children with diabetes. Contributors included LifeLine Diabetes Supply, Novo Nordisk, Wal-Mart, Southcoast Hospitals Group, Best Buy, Citizens Union Savings Bank, and New England Coin Laundry among others. Click here for photos of last year's walk. Anyone with an interest in making a donation should contact the Diabetes Association at 508-672-5671.
 

(Top row, left) Bernice Taylor of Somerset signs up for one of the drawings while her sons Zachery and Nick, who has had Type 1 diabetes for two years and will be going to Camp Kyle, look on. (Top row, center and right) With Mayor Correia in the background, Diabetes Association Inc. director Melissa Reilly greets one of the children in front of the Government Center steps before leading the group on a two-mile walk to Charlton Hospital and back. (Middle row, left) People, Inc.'s executive director Robert Canuel walks with human resources director Jeannine Boisvert. (Bottom row, left) Volunteer James Ormerod provides crossing guard services on Highland Avenue. (Bottom row, center) Tom Strait of Fall River and Theresa Cox of Rochester New Hampshire return to Government Center with Melissa Reilly. (Bottom row, right) Ten-year-old Mary Silvia runs across the finish line at Government Center where walkers received prizes from raffles and a silent auction.