Iowa SIDS Foundation Walk

The 12th annual Iowa SIDS Foundation Walk for the Future will be held Saturday in seven cities across Iowa including Ankeny. The Ankeny walk will start at 8:30 a.m. at the Ankeny Band Shell in Wagner Park. The annual walk is a family-orientated event for families to celebrate and remember those babies that were only with us for a very short time.

Since the walk began, the organization’s volunteers have raised more than $450,000. The walk is held to raise awareness about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and collect money for the Iowa SIDS Foundation. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the sudden, unexpected and unexplained death of an otherwise healthy infant up to the age of one year.

The Iowa SIDS Foundation provides grief services to families through individual peer contacts and support groups. The foundation works with community resources to help provide information to expectant parents and families. They host regional conferences and provides safe sleep workshops to educate childcare and health care professionals. The foundation also donates at percentage of its annual proceeds to fund research into the causes of SIDS.

Participants can register online or request a registration form or additional information at www.iowasids.org or by calling 866-480-4741. Participants may also register in person on the day of the walk.