“LifeWalk was extremely well attended,” said AIDS Arms development associate Hannah Orsburn.
The AIDS walk stepped off from Lee Park on Sunday, Oct. 2 at noon.
Orsburn said numbers are still being tallied for dollars raised and number of walkers. Those figures should be available Tuesday. The only figure available was for online donations and that number is higher than last year. She said that donations can still be made through the LifeWalk website through Oct. 14.
“There was more to see, more to do,” Orsburn said. “The energy was so great this year. More groups participated.”
One group of walkers from Worth Ross Associates, an Oak Lawn-based real estate management company, said that its team had more than 40 people participate. In addition to the money raised by each of the walkers, the company underwrote at the $5,000 level.
Orsburn said after the walk, people stayed in the park later.
One reason may have been additional vendors and the Passport. Walkers were given a passport that had to be signed at each of the vendors’ booths. Once completed, they were turned in for a drawing that will be held later this week.
For a slideshow of images from LifeWalk, go here.
