(BIVN) – A March For Our Lives event was held Saturday in Waimea, in support of similar student-led demonstrations held across the country on the same day.

Hundreds donned rain gear and opened an umbrella in preparation for a day of wet weather. The undaunted students and inspired adults were not deterred by the conditions.

Riley Herendeen, a senior at Parker School, was the primary organizer of the march, which was billed as a “student-led gun control protest”, following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Events were also scheduled for Hilo and Kona.

photo taken in Kona, courtesy Yvette Kay