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Walking for a Cause

By MARK ANTONUCCIO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
October 6, 2013 - 11:00 am
 
Pien Bowler, center, warms with before beginning One Drop's second annual "Walk for Water" along South Las Vegas Blvd. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. One Drop, established by Cirque du Soleil's Guy Lalibert, is a global initiative to develop innovative water access and management projects in rural regions of the world. Several hundred participants began their 5.6 mile walk at the South Point hotel-casino and ended at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Cirque du Soleil dancer Anges Roux leads a warm up before beginning One Drop's second annual "Walk for Water" along South Las Vegas Blvd. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. One Drop, established by Cirque du Soleil's Guy Lalibert, is a global initiative to develop innovative water access and management projects in rural regions of the world. Several hundred participants began their 5.6 mile walk at the South Point hotel-casino and ended at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Runners lead the pack of several hundred walkers during One Drop's second annual "Walk for Water" along South Las Vegas Blvd. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. One Drop, established by Cirque du Soleil's Guy Lalibert, is a global initiative to develop innovative water access and management projects in rural regions of the world. The participants began their 5.6 mile walk at the South Point hotel-casino and ended at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Makenzie Garner, 5, gets a little made up before beginning One Drop's second annual "Walk for Water" along South Las Vegas Blvd. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. One Drop, established by Cirque du Soleil's Guy Lalibert, is a global initiative to develop innovative water access and management projects in rural regions of the world. Several hundred participants began their 5.6 mile walk at the South Point hotel-casino and ended at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jenna Morton and her daughter, Petra Morton, walk during One Drop's second annual "Walk for Water" along South Las Vegas Blvd. on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. One Drop, established by Cirque du Soleil's Guy Lalibert, is a global initiative to develop innovative water access and management projects in rural regions of the world. Several hundred participants began their 5.6 mile walk at the South Point hotel-casino and ended at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

One Drop, established by Cirque du Soleil’s Guy Lalibert, is a global initiative to develop innovative water access and management projects in rural regions of the world. Several hundred participants began their 5.6 mile walk at the South Point hotel-casino and ended at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.

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