Dash for Diabetes

Dash for Diabetes is held in May at Wylie Park in Aberdeen, SD. This is a family fitness fund-raising event, encouraging health and fitness as key components in preventing, treating and living with diabetes. Dash for Diabetes consists of a 5K/10K road race, a noncompetitive 5K walk and a kids' fun run around Wylie Lake.

Avera St. Luke's is one of the Dash for Diabetes main sponsors. Proceeds help fight diabetes and provide scholarships to attend Camp Gilbert, a camp for kids with diabetes held each summer at NeSoDak Camp, near Waubay, SD, on Lake Enemy Swim.

The 2006 Dash for Diabetes raised the most money ever in its nine-year history - $6,000! Because of the May 2007 flooding in Aberdeen, Dash for Diabetes was postponed until 2008.

For information on the next Dash for Diabetes, call Avera St. Luke's Education Department at (605) 622-5588.