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JOIN US IN THE FIGHT TO STOP DIABETES!
Register. Fundraise. Stop Diabetes.
Did you know that 1 in 3 children in the United States faces a future with diabetes?
The American Diabetes Association works everyday to change the frightening future that diabetes has in store, but we need your help. Together we can stop diabetes. Take the first step today by registering to walk in our local Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes event.
Every step you take and every dollar you raise helps the American Diabetes Association provide education programs in our community, protect the rights of people with diabetes and fund critical research for a cure. Once you register, use our online fundraising tools to create your personal web page, email your friends, family and co-workers, accept online donations and raise more money to stop diabetes.
Event Details
Join us on a beautiful Fall Saturday morning, as we walk down Richmond’s own Monument Avenue. Enjoy the scenery of historic homes and a wide variety of foliage in striking fall colors. In addition, you will be raising money to help find a cure and stop diabetes. Grab your family, friends and co-workers, lace up your walking shoes and join us for a fun-filled and meaningful morning!
Beginning in Monroe Park, you will have the opportunity to visit our Wellness Village, play in our Kid Zone and enjoy some lively entertainment. Then you will stroll up spectacular Monument Avenue, the only street in the United States that is a National Historic Landmark. Along the route you’ll pass the J.E.B. Stuart Monument, the Robert E. Lee Monument and Jefferson Davis Monument, before reaching the “Stonewall” Jackson Monument at Boulevard.
Form a team or register as an individual walker. Either way, we are sure you’ll have fun! The money you raise will help fund education for patients and their families; advocacy efforts; and important research designed to find a cure for this potentially life threatening disease. Please join us in helping the 1.9 million Virginians battling diabetes and pre-diabetes every day.
A light lunch will be provided for participants raising $25 or more.
Getting to the Event
Monroe Park arriving by I-64W from Williamsburg: Take Exit #190 for 5th St and Downtown/Coliseum; Turn right at the 7th traffic light onto Broad St; Drive 11 blocks; turn left onto Belvidere St; Drive 3 blocks and turn right onto Main St.
Monroe Park arriving by I-95S from Washington, DC: Take Exit #76B for Belvidere St; Turn left off Exit #76B ramp onto Leigh St; Drive to 1st traffic light; turn right onto Belvidere St; Turn right at the 6th traffic light onto Main St.
Monroe Park arriving by I-64E from Charlottesville: Take Exit for I-95 South and I-64 East; Take Exit #76B for Belvidere St; Turn right at the 6th traffic light onto Main St.
Parking: Parking is available in the VCU West Main St Deck on the corner of Main and Laurel streets. The only entrance open on Saturday is on Laurel Street. We will have signs directing traffic.
Still have questions about Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes?
Please contact Elisabeth King, eking@diabetes.org.
