Nelson Gran to Grans walked from Nelson Rotary Park to Cottonwood Market for their annual Stride to Turn the Tide fundraiser on June 2. The Grans were collecting donations for a Stephen Lewis Foundation campaign that gives money to grandmothers in Africa who are caring for their orphaned grandchildren whose parents died of AIDS.

Nelson Grans walk to support grandmothers in Africa

Nelson Grans to Grans walked from Nelson Rotary Park to Cottonwood Market for their annual Stride to Turn the Tide fundraiser on June 2.

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