2009 Corps Of Cadets “March To The Brazos” On May 2

As long as you’ve got to march, you might as well march for a good cause. For over three decades, the Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets has marched to aid children and families in the Brazos Valley.

On Saturday, May 2, the Corps will hit the road once more for their 33rd Annual March to the Brazos in support of the March of Dimes efforts to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

March to the Brazos—organized and comprised completely of members of the Corps of Cadets—will be an 18-mile trek from the university campus to the Brazos River and back, culminating months of fundraising by the Aggie cadets.

The cadets will march from their dorms in the Quad through main campus and West campus to Texas A&M's Animal Science Teaching, Research & Extension Complex near the east bank of the Brazos River.

After the first leg of the march, cadets will participate in various competitions, eat lunch and transfer ranks for the upcoming school year. Nearly 1,700 cadets will participate in this year’s road march.

March to the Brazos is the largest and most successful student-led fundraiser for the March of Dimes in the United States, raising over $1.6 million between 1977 and 2008.