Sadie's Walk

First winner of bicycle, Haley Fisher
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Marc Archambault took part in Sadie's Walk this weekend. His story about and photos of the event follow:
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I participated in Sadie's Walk Saturday morning, which took place in Garden Village, Nipissing First Nation. The walk started at 9:30 a.m. and finished approximately an hour later. Everyone walked one mile to bring awareness of diabetes amongst First Nation people. Over 70 Natives
and non-Natives alike participated in this yearly, national event held prior to yesterday's National Aboriginal Day.

Sadie's Walk is in honour of Sadie Muik, who was a community health worker with Okanagan First Nation in Vernon, British Columbia. Sadie had worked many years with her people on diabetes awareness until she passed
away in an accident a few years ago. The people of Okanagan held a walk to honour her enthusiasm and determination to fight the disease.

Today Sadie's Walk is a national event with First Nations across the country participating in a walk to raise awareness and encourage healthy lifestyles.

We started our walk after briefly registering. There where a few checkpoints in order to get our passport stamped. Beautiful prizes (including three bicycles) were awarded at the end of the walk, and everyone received a treat of nutritious food.

Type 2 diabetes is preventable.