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Morning fog and imminent rain didn't deter
the dedicated walkers who descended on
Laishley Park in Punta Gorda on Feb. 8 for
the early morning Heart Walk to benefit the
American Heart Association. Families and
business associates, adults and children,
babies and even canines filled the park and
took on the 3.1 -mile walk. Heart attack
survivors, identified by their red hats, also
had the option of a one-mile walk. There was
no cost to participate in the walk, but those
who raised $100 or more received a Heart
Walk t-shirt. Many who walked with groups
wore their own group shirts, so that the park
was filled with large blocks of red, blue and
gray all united to fight heart disease and


promote heart health.


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-Barbara Bean-Mellinger


The crowd warmed up in unison just before the walk started.


pushed in his stroller by his parents, Todd and Agnieszka Morrison.
At just three months old -- and quite possibly the youngest "walker'-- Jack Morrison didn't
know he was part of the thousands of people who came out to walk for heart health. He was
pushed in his stroller by his parents, Todd and Agnieszka Morrison.


Evan and Isabella Slagter and Lillie Thompson got plenty of warm-up exercise before the walk.


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Courtney Hunt helped Stoney, the Charlotte Stone Crabs' mascot, navigate the crowds, giving
hugs and high-fives to walkers in anticipation of the walk.


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