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PHOTO GALLERY: 7th annual Sarasota Walk


  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • | 5:00 a.m. November 12, 2011
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PHOTO GALLERY: 7th annual Sarasota Walk
People start to make their way over the Ringling Bridge during the Sarasota Walk.
People start to make their way over the Ringling Bridge during the Sarasota Walk.
Erilda Waters and Lavonne Shedivy were two of the volunteers who helped out at the Sarasota Walk.
Erilda Waters and Lavonne Shedivy were two of the volunteers who helped out at the Sarasota Walk.
Rick Thie poses with his PC Striders teammates, Barbara and Klaus Lang
Rick Thie poses with his PC Striders teammates, Barbara and Klaus Lang
Jim Shedivy works on tearing off raffle tickets while Sharon Schwalm, Susan Seth-Ward and Rob Donath wait to buy them.
Jim Shedivy works on tearing off raffle tickets while Sharon Schwalm, Susan Seth-Ward and Rob Donath wait to buy them.
Tony Humphrey, Chris Cook, Krystal Kahn, Kathy Reinbolt, Mariah Kahn and Kayla Kahn, sitting in front, walk each year in honor of Michael Kahn who passed away in 2006.
Tony Humphrey, Chris Cook, Krystal Kahn, Kathy Reinbolt, Mariah Kahn and Kayla Kahn, sitting in front, walk each year in honor of Michael Kahn who passed away in 2006.
Volunteers Sarah Moorman and Jim Seaton try to stay warm.
Volunteers Sarah Moorman and Jim Seaton try to stay warm.
Abba's Army set up their stuff over by one of the memorial statues in JD Hamel park.
Abba's Army set up their stuff over by one of the memorial statues in JD Hamel park.
Diana, 1, and Hailey, 3, Fritschle
Diana, 1, and Hailey, 3, Fritschle
Cousins Cameron Cox and Deric Wien
Cousins Cameron Cox and Deric Wien
Caley Hopkins, 7
Caley Hopkins, 7
Team Diane
Team Diane
Tom Waters and Nancy Flemming, founder of the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Foundation.
Tom Waters and Nancy Flemming, founder of the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Foundation.
Mayor Suzanne Atwell speaks to the crowd that came out for the Sarasota Walk.
Mayor Suzanne Atwell speaks to the crowd that came out for the Sarasota Walk.
Diane Fritschle, far left, squats down next to her granddaughters, Diana, 1, and Hailey, 3. Fritschle is a 2-year survivor of pancreatic cancer and had to be wheeled across the Ringling bridge in a wheelchair last year.
Diane Fritschle, far left, squats down next to her granddaughters, Diana, 1, and Hailey, 3. Fritschle is a 2-year survivor of pancreatic cancer and had to be wheeled across the Ringling bridge in a wheelchair last year.
Sharon Martineau, Penelope Kingman, Holly Braun, Eve Wickwire and Patti Ostroski
Sharon Martineau, Penelope Kingman, Holly Braun, Eve Wickwire and Patti Ostroski

 

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