 Today is World Down Syndrome Day and a group of Amidji is spreading the awareness by participating in the first ever Amidji Walk for Down Syndrome. It's estimated that more than 400,000 people in the world have Down Syndrome. Organizers say that this walk is meant to represent them all. World Down Syndrome Day is recognized on March 21st or 321 because it represents the triplication of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome. We have about 20 people here walking today. We just decided last night we would go ahead and arrange something to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. We just plan to walk to the Sanford Center and hopefully in the future we can get more people to join us and raise money for Down Syndrome. So March 21st was officially declared World Down Syndrome Day by the United Nations back in 2011. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.