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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 19, 2015 9
LDSS Enters its Tenth Year of Service
to Savannah Area Families
The Lowcountry
Down Syndrome Society
(LDSS) is celebrating a big
milestone in supporting
families touched by Down
syndrome. The group is en
tering its tenth year in pro
viding outreach, education
and advocacy to families in
eight counties surrounding
the Savannah area.
LDSS has grown
from a group of four fami
lies who banded together in
April 2006, with a shared
experience of having a
family member with Down
syndrome, to a society that
has attracted thousands of
parents, children, advocates,
community volunteers and
corporate supporters.
The LDSS orga
nized its first Buddy Walk in
October 2006.
The Bud
dy Walk is the LDSS’ main
fundraising event, held each
October in Savannah’s For
syth Park. Proceeds from
the one-mile walk support
Camp Buddy, the organiza
tion’s educational and ther
apeutic camps for children
with Down syndrome, ages
3-13, held in Effingham and
Chatham counties each sum
mer. The camps offer special
education, occupational,
physical and speech therapy
in a customized curriculum
to help children retain infor
mation they learned during
the previous school year.
Another fund
raising activity the group
promotes each year is their
calendar sales. Featuring
photos of local children
with Down syndrome, the
calendars will be sold at the
Buddy Walk and online. Joe
Marchese, president, said,
The organization
also hosts a yearly Night of
Champions, with proceeds
supporting Camp Buddy.
This community celebration
distinguishes local organi
zations that hire and retain
differently-abled people,
including those with Down
syndrome, and recognizes
the contributions made by
those employees. The sixth
annual Night of Champions
was held Thursday, May 14
at the Westin Savannah Har
bor Golf Resort & Spa - Ho
tel Grand Ballroom, emceed
by celebrity chef and author,
Jamie Deen.
“We’re here to
enable people to live their
own dreams, not the dream
we have or society has for
them,” echoed Marchese.
“Our organization would
love to see Savannah be
come one of the most ac
cepting places in the coun
try.”
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