More than 2,100 participants participated in a 5k for type 1 diabetes during JDRF One Walk.
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Amanda Sebastiano
| 10:39 p.m. April 18, 2015
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To generate awareness and funds for type 1 diabetes research, individuals who have diabetes walked shoulder-to-shoulder with their families and friends, April 18, along Lakewood Ranch Main Street for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) One Walk event. Donations totaled more than $175,000. The Sarasota Southside Rotary was the No. 1 team for the most donations with $19,000 raised.
Kat Gaukhman commemorates the event by shooting video.
Jake, Sean and Brielle Arbuckle are part of the Hannah’s Hikers team.
Peter Carlo jogs to catch up to the rest of his teammates.
Lakewood Ranch High cheerleaders Natalie Fonseca, Sophia Masterson, Emilee Bierwirth, Kara Mathis and Sierra Ellis play around with the event’s photo booth.
— Trisha and Kate Fuchs, Lauren Weinkein, and Todd and Allyson Lewis walk for Gracie Lewis.
More than 2,100 individuals participated in the event.
Gina Hogue leads the crowd during a fast-paced Zumba lesson.
Sonny Hogue poses with her father, Julian, and her furry friend, Molly.
Herb Jones, incoming president of the Sarasota Southside Rotary Club, shows off the group’s first place trophy it received for raising $19,000.
Georgia Juback, Teri Gulley, Tim Schroyer and Mary Miller make up Sandy Sullivan’s team.
Jennie Lockhart and the other members of Team Mason, which was named after her 4-year-old grandson, raised more than $3,000.
Lakewood Ranch High cheerleaders Holly MacLeod and Sarah Dill cheer for the crowd members as they start walking.
Mike and Suzanne Manning might attend the event next year, and with a new member of their family.
Carl Marks, Maria Hussey and Rafael Uribe helped coordinate the annual event.
Sue McCann and Christi Wheeler chat while walking the 5k.
Bailey Merriman and Kiera Gunst relax inside a wagon.
The Out-of-Door Academy’s upper school students volunteered to walk and raiase money for the event.
Dale, Luke and Mary Ann Vollrath keep up with the crowd of walkers.
Gloria Welch, Joy Perkins and Rhonda Shirley are members of the Coke Classic team.
Daniel Zeballo walks for the cause with his son, Carlos, atop his shoulders, and his daughter, Ariana, beside him
