With social distancing, the quarantine, and the COVID-19 pandemic, events have had to adapt to changing circumstances. The annual WalkRite for RiteCare was no exception, and was redesigned for social distancing.

It was held on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at Lake Zorinsky, but the RiteCare Clinicians created a virtual walk so families, particularly with vulnerable children, could stay in their car. They stopped at the first station to pick up a scavenger hunt flier, Walk t-shirts, and donate. As they drove through Lake Zorinsky, the children would mark off items they saw as their families made a loop around the park in their cars: the bubble station, a T-Rex, the clinicians, a bumblebee and a lady bug sign, and other items. On their way out, the Clinicians gave them a goody bag with a few treats.

Besides the RiteCare Clincians from the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute, we welcomed the women from the Nebraska Student Speech-Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA), speech pathology majors at the University of Nebraska at Omaha who volunteer each year.

About 50 RiteCare parents and children drove through Lake Zorinsky for the virtual Walk, and we raised around $3,000 this year. If you are interested in supporting the Walk, please consider a donation at https://walkrite2020.everydayhero.do.