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Annual MS Walk Brings Out Hundreds of Walkers

For the 14th year in a row, Westminster School hosted the annual MS Walk in Simsbury. Hundreds of individuals turned out to support the event on April 6 with family, friends and teams. As in past years, Westminster faculty, staff and students served as volunteers, helping with the day’s set-up, operations and clean-up. Many also participated in the walk.
 
Headmaster Bill Philip welcomed everyone to the event right before the ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. and thanked them for their participation. He also introduced Head Prefect Pierce Cote ’14 who thanked all of the sponsors for making the walk possible, and Emily Mell ’14, who sang the national anthem. After exercise instructor Mary Root led everyone in warm-up exercises, Kelly Sterling, Shannon O’Donnell and Robbin Godskey cut the ribbon to begin the walk, and the walkers headed into Simsbury and back along a designated route.
 
For Dotty Craig of New Hartford, it was her first time walking with Robbin’s Hood team. “I came out to support Robbin, who works hard struggling with MS,” she said.
 
Kathy Haury of North Granby also participated for the first time and walked in memory of a friend with MS who passed away a few years ago. “People have to make a difference,” she said. “The government can’t do everything for us.”
 
Student volunteer coordinators this year included Ben Kleinschmidt ’14, Ellie Deveaux ’14, Pierce Cote ’14, Arismer Angeles ’14, Austin Pope ’15, Georgia Morley ’15, Evie Pope ’16, Tommy Jacobs ’16 and Brendan Jacobs ’17. They organized and trained volunteers, and some of them even attended MS committee meetings throughout the year.
 
Ellie Deveaux ’14 was in charge of coordinating volunteers, training the registration volunteers and going to MS committee meetings. “This is my last year volunteering at the MS Walk,” she said. “It has been a wonderful and rewarding event to help coordinate for the past four years. This year went well again, and we were very happy with the turnout of Westminster students.”
 
“I did not have one defined job this year,” explained Ryan Seymour ’15, another student volunteer. “The previous year, I worked registration, however this year, my job was to go anywhere that needed assistance, whether it was helping to set up the rink or hopping on a bus to make sure everyone was okay on the walk. The reason for me volunteering is because of my grandfather who was diagnosed with MS ever since I can remember. So if there is any way I could possibly contribute to finding a cure, even by raising money at my school, it is worth knowing that not only I, but the whole Westminster community, did something to help the cause.”
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