Grand Marshals Through the Years
Since 2014, Grand Marshals have been honored as our ceremonial leader of the Walk for Autism. For the 20th anniversary, we have invited all of our previous Grand Marshals to join us again to honor the past and step into the next 20 years together!
Please take a moment to see where their journeys have taken them now.
Ginger Shaud - Grand Marshal 2014 (Sussex County)
Ginger is an active lady. Now 29 years old, she has tried many sports and has settled on swimming and running as her favorites. She competes with Special Olympics and has been chosen in the past to participate in aquatics in their USA Games and World Games in Princeton, Seattle and Los Angeles.
She also earns medals for running in local 5K races with Seashore Striders and Races2Run organizations.
When not training or competing, Ginger enjoys going to summer camp, traveling to the Outer Banks and Florida, crabbing in the Rehoboth Bay and her kitchen job at the Rusty Rudder.
Aven Foskey - Grand Marshal 2022 (Sussex County)
From Aven's Parents: Aven is still showing and teaching us all about love and life! How to see the glass half full. To never take anything for granted... we are beyond proud of Aven from communicating more and growing into his own voice to thriving and reaching goals we never thought we would see.. He still has a long road and journey ahead but we take it day by day.. his smile and laughter is everything. To infinity and beyond💙🦸🏾♂️our super hero!
From Aven's Teacher: Aven is currently a first-grade student. This school year, he successfully transitioned from a self-contained setting to a school environment where he is able to participate in activities alongside his first-grade peers. Aven has also made notable gains in independence with self-care skills. He has shown progress in communicating his wants and needs by beginning to use an AAC device, with which he has been very successful, and he has also started using more of his own words to communicate. We are incredibly proud of the continued progress Aven is making.