The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) San Diego office will host “Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes,” a fundraising walk this Sunday morning, Oct. 27, at De Anza Cove in San Diego’s Mission Bay area. The public is invited to attend. Registration and check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by opening ceremonies at 8 a.m. and the 3.1-mile (5k) walk will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Walkers are encouraged to wear red-colored attire, including shirts, pants, hats and jewelry. Red is a designated color for the ADA. At Step Out, a prize will be given to the best-red-dressed walker team.
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About 1,000 walkers are expected to participate and raise about $120,000 in donations for diabetes research. More than 110 teams are expected to walk, including teams representing businesses, neighborhoods, clubs, community groups, churches and family members affected by diabetes. The walk will start and finish at De Anza Cove with a rest stop at the Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa, 1775 East Mission Bay Dr., San Diego.
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Admission to attend Step Out is free. There is no cost to be a walker. Prizes can be earned by those walkers who raise the highest donation dollar amounts. Prizes will include sweatshirts, iPads and televisions. Walkers who raise $100 or more will receive an official Step Out event t-shirt. Monies raised at Step Out will benefit the ADA’s ongoing effort to serve local families affected by diabetes. Funds raised also will help support research to find a cure.
The event will feature music, food, entertainment and activities for children. Food items will include assorted breakfast foods from Corner Bakery Café restaurant and snacks from KIND Healthy Snacks. Emcee will be Delana Bennett from radio station Star 94.1-FM. Conducting warm-up exercises prior to the walk will be Jeremy Dunn Jackson, actor and singer who played Hobie Buchannon on the television show “Baywatch” from 1991 to 1999.
Event information is available at www.diabetes.org/stepoutsandiego, or contact Kim Sorin at KSorin@diabetes.org, or (619) 234-9897, ext. 7432.
Among the 2013 Step Out sponsors: Geico Insurance, Halozyme Therapeutics, Wells Fargo Advisors, Lions Clubs International, Profil Institute for Clinical Research, UC San Diego Health System, Cubic Corp and Dexcom, Inc. Shire Regenerative Medicine is the official Red Strider sponsor for the event. Red Striders are Step Out walkers who have been diagnosed with diabetes.
In 2012, the ADA’s Step Out walk in San Diego drew about 1,000 walkers who helped raise more than $150,000. Nationally, the ADA hosts Step Out walks in 125 U.S. cities that draw more than 120,000 walkers.
