Saturday, October 20, 2012
Thousands of people came to Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta on Saturday to participate in the 2012 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. The walk, which helped raise money for Type 1 diabetes research, included numerous families from all over Georgia that are dealing with young children who have been diagnosed with the disease. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was started in 1970 and since then has awarded $1.6 billion dollars towards research. I photographed the walk for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Kyla Barton and her husband Blaine register for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Ella Thurmond (left) and Brenda Kiser look at the statue in the middle of Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta before the start of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Bailey Hawkins (right) and Paula Bolstein decorate the Sugar Kids table before the start of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Tatianya Moore climbs a rock wall before the start of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012. 10-year-old Moore has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes for the past three years.
Manuel Rosas (left) walks towards the registration table for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta with his sister Montse and Andreas and Marco Wilder on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Azaria Parks looks in a mirror as Kim Shipskie paints her face before the start of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Balloons mark the finish line for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Eugene “Loose Lee” Choe break dances on stage before the start of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Andrew Rover (right), Evan Harrah and Charles Federico stretch before the start of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Ansley Hawkins (center) walks in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta with her cousins, Charlie (left) and Alexandria Garland, and her sister Bailey Hawkins (right) on Saturday, October 20, 2012. Ansley has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes since she was two years old. Hawkins, now 14-years old, raised over $6,000 for this year’s walk.
Baylei Budreski (left), Mary Morgan Collier, Stella Thrasher and Gigi Johnson stand at the starting line for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Austin Coble (right) waits for the start of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Matt Worthington carries his daughter Riley on his shoulders as they walk through downtown Atlanta during the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Ansley Hawkins (center) walks in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta with her cousins Charlie (right) and Alexandria Garland on Saturday, October 20, 2012. Ansley has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes since she was two years old. Hawkins, now 14-years old, raised over $6,000 for this year’s walk.
Ken Snowden carries Ali Pittman on his shoulders as they walk through downtown Atlanta during the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Adam Thomas (left) and Joy Ellis walk through downtown during the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in Atlanta on Saturday, October 20, 2012.