One of the baby races in this year Gateway Mall Baby Crawl. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW staff)

By Logan Lehmann

Go baby go!

Gateway Mall welcomes back the annual baby crawl

Mar 18, 2023 | 2:42 PM

Twenty babies were on all fours this afternoon at the Gateway Mall to participate in the annual baby crawl.

Ran along with Family Futures Inc, this was the first baby crawl since the start of the pandemic. Family Futures member, James Ringham explained just how exciting it was to have the event back.

“Words can’t describe it,” he said. “The crowd was massive and we had a great turnout of babies. Everyone was excited and as a Family Futures staff, it was something that we always done. So when families found out it was happening again, you could immediately see the jubilation and excitement to have it back up and running again.”

The winning baby was a 10-month-old named Jacob who declined an interview with paNOW as he opted for a post-victory nap. His mother Ethel did the talking for him however and said that she didn’t think her son would win.

“I didn’t expect him to win because there’s a lot of other babies here,” she said laughing. “We practiced it like twice, just for fun. I was like ‘come here’ and he’d always come crawling to me.”

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The final race of the 2023 Gateway Mall Baby Crawl. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW staff)

Prizes were given to the first, second, third, and fourth place racers which totaled $1850 with all the items being donated by merchants inside the mall. The grand prize was a double stroller.

Marketing coordinator for the mall, Donna Hordyski added was she very pleased with the turn out. She also acknowledged the participating merchants who donated the prizes and thanks them for their generosity.

“It was great to see all the support for the little athletes,” she said. “In all, it was a great event.”