Every year since Ben was born, I have submitted a photo to be shown on the video screen in Times Square in New York, for the National Buddy Walk. This year his photo was finally chosen!
Ben will appear in the bright lights of Broadway on Saturday,
September 22, as part of the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) annual Times
Square Video Presentation, which embodies the NDSS mission to promote the
value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome.
The photo of Ben was selected from over 1,000 entries in the NDSS
worldwide call for photos. Over 200 photographs will appear in the video, which
will be shown on the News Corporation Sony Screen, located in the heart of
Times Square.
Ben is pictured
playing on his big brother’s drum set. He loves music of all kinds.
The Times Square
video presentation kicks off Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October. The
video presentation will be followed by the 18th Annual New York City Buddy
Walk® in Central Park. This year, Buddy Walk and Step Up Walk events will be held in more than 300 cities across the country, as well as select international locations, in
and around October.
Our own Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk in Lincoln, NE will be held on October 6, 2012. Here is a link to Ben's Brigades fundraising page.
That's so exciting! It's a fabulous picture :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations - No surprise - as (1) our little cousin is a real cutie, (2) his sweet personality shines through, and (3) his mother is a spectacularly skilled photographer!
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