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Lola Rivera (right) gives Marlinthia Robinson, 15, of Hephzibah, her wristband for a walk at Lake Olmstead to benefit the National MulĀtiple Sclerosis Society.

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Ansley Dennis holds Novelle Dennis, one-and-half years old, as she plays with balloons tied to a banister on the Riverwalk during the Walk to Defeat ALS.

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Various groups and clubs participated in a walk at Lake Olmstead Park that benefited the National MulĀtiple Sclerosis Society.

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The ALS association held a walk Saturday at the Riverwalk in Augusta.

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Leah Gordon (center) stands with a group of friends who walked along with her to support her father, Bob Gordon, who has Lou Gehrig's Disease, in the Walk to Defeat ALS on the Augusta Riverwalk.

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Paul and Nicole Gabor, of Augusta, talk to their daughters, Ivory (center), 3, and Alex, 5, at the T-shirt table near registration for the Walk to Defeat ALS.