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Upper St. Clair Resident Featured in Times Square

Chloe Kondrich will help kick off Down Syndrome Awareness Month in a video presentation.

Chloe Kondrich of Upper St. Clair will appear in the bright lights of Broadway on Saturday, Sept. 22, as part of the National Down Syndrome Society annual Times Square Video Presentation, which embodies the NDSS mission to promote the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome.

The photo of Chloe, who has Down syndrome, was selected from more than 1,000 entries in the NDSS worldwide call for photos. More than 200 photographs will appear in the video, which will be shown on the News Corporation Sony Screen, in the heart of Times Square.

Chloe Kondrich is pictured in her Angel Baseball uniform batting at Casey’s Clubhouse Miracle League Field in Upper St. Clair.

The Times Square video presentation kicks off Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October. The video presentation will be followed by the 18th annual New York City Buddy Walk in Central Park. This year, Buddy Walk events will be held in more than 250 cities across the country, as well as select international locations, in and around October. For information about the NDSS Buddy Walk Program, visit www.buddywalk.org or call 800-221-4602.

The National Down Syndrome Society is a nonprofit organization with more than 350 affiliates nationwide representing more than 400,000 Americans who have Down syndrome. The mission of NDSS is to be the national advocate for the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome. NDSS envisions a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to enhance their quality of life, realize their life aspirations, and become valued members of welcoming communities.

For more information, visit www.ndss.org.


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