(Le Mars) — More than 120 people participated in the annual Memory Walk fund raiser held this morning at the Le Mars Municipal Park for the Iowa Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Association. SIDS is the number one killer of babies under a year of age. Organizer and Board Director Pam Jeneary welcomed the participants and explained the mission of the SIDS Association.
Jeneary then read the 48 names of those local infants that had died as a result of SIDS.
The participants released pink and blue colored helium-filled balloon in memory of those SIDS victims, then proceeded on a three-mile walk. The event held a silent auction as well as a drawing for several gift items. Following the memory walk, the participants were treated to lunch provided by the Plymouth County Pork Producers and Hy Vee. Statewide, the organization hopes to raise $50,000 for research.
