2022 Greater Hartford Walk for Apraxia, Oct 9th

Event Name: ??2022 Greater Hartford Walk for Apraxia
Venue: ??Community Pavilion at Southington Drive-In
Venue address: ????995 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike Plantsville, CT
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Event Start: ??10/09/2022 ??- 10am
Event End: ??????10/09/2022 ??- 1pm
Event Website: ??https://secure.apraxia-kids.org/site/TR?fr_id=3217&pg=entry
Expected number of attendees: ??250-350
Requested number of characters: ??10
Requested character types:??
Secure changing/staging area: Yes
Can troopers carry blasters: Yes
Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes
Is parking available: Yes
Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes
Amenities available at venue: We will have restrooms, snacks and water available for any 501st legion members. ??
Comments: Over 200 attendees are expected to join us at this year???s walk to benefit Apraxia Kids, the leading organization dedicated to supporting children with apraxia of speech and their families. ??Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a challenging and complicated speech disorder in children that makes it difficult or impossible to accurately produce sounds, syllables, and words. CAS can affect a child???s ability to speak and communicate for years and the only proven treatment is consistent, specialized speech therapy.
Apraxia Kids is the only organization dedicated to serving children with apraxia of speech and their families. By training speech language professionals and facilitating support groups across the country, we are improving the support systems for kids with apraxia so they have the best chance to develop speech and communication. We believe that every child deserves a voice.
The Walk for Apraxia is a celebration of the hard work our Apraxia Stars put in every day to find their voice. The Walk also provides an opportunity for local families to come together, to educate the community, and to raise awareness as well as funds to benefit Apraxia Kids programs. With your support, we will be able to help those with apraxia not only in our community, but across North America.

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We were thinking that after everyone gets back from the walk part of the event, which I'm guessing at the moment, since we're still in the early planning process, should be around 11am, kids and families can get pictures with you all.?? Would love to try for a group photo with the entire CT Apraxia community with you all to share on social media.?? I will update you on the exact times after our next volunteer walk planning meeting.??