Challenge Walk MS
Name:
Challenge Walk MS
Date:
September 12, 2015 - September 13, 2015
Website:
http://challengewalkms.org
Event Description:
Cambridge and St. Michaels, MD— Nearly 350 walkers from Maryland, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania are expected to raise over $300,000 to support cutting-edge research and life-changing programs and services for people living with MS at Challenge Walk MS, taking place September 12th in Cambridge, MD and September 13th in St. Michaels, MD. Participants in the Challenge Walk commit to walking 30 miles and raising at least $500 in pledges to support the ongoing fight against MS.
Registration for this event is now open. This event offers a perfect experience for walkers looking for a challenge. Participants will enjoy scenic historic waterfront communities rich in colonial heritage and maritime traditions, breathtaking water views from the Hyatt Regency, plus charming seaside homes dating from the late 1700 to 1800’s in St. Michael’s, MD. Chesapeake Challenge MS is fully supported with rest stops stocked with snacks, drinks and cheering volunteers.
People who walk in the Chesapeake Challenge may do so to support family members, friends or coworkers who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. But, there are also legions of participants who live—and walk—with the disease, despite challenges such as fatigue or weakness.
PARTICIPATION/ VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION: Visit Challengewalkms.org or contact Katie Amos at 443-641-1209 or Katie.amos@nmss.org
WHY: Proceeds raised will support cutting-edge MS research and life-changing programs and services for people living with MS.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Society mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. In 2014, the Society invested $50.6 million to advance more than 380 research projects around the world in order to stop MS in its tracks, restore what has been lost and end MS forever. Through its comprehensive nation-wide network of programs and services, it also helped more than one million people affected by MS connect to the people, information and resources needed to live their best lives.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide.
Registration for this event is now open. This event offers a perfect experience for walkers looking for a challenge. Participants will enjoy scenic historic waterfront communities rich in colonial heritage and maritime traditions, breathtaking water views from the Hyatt Regency, plus charming seaside homes dating from the late 1700 to 1800’s in St. Michael’s, MD. Chesapeake Challenge MS is fully supported with rest stops stocked with snacks, drinks and cheering volunteers.
People who walk in the Chesapeake Challenge may do so to support family members, friends or coworkers who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. But, there are also legions of participants who live—and walk—with the disease, despite challenges such as fatigue or weakness.
PARTICIPATION/ VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION: Visit Challengewalkms.org or contact Katie Amos at 443-641-1209 or Katie.amos@nmss.org
WHY: Proceeds raised will support cutting-edge MS research and life-changing programs and services for people living with MS.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Society mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. In 2014, the Society invested $50.6 million to advance more than 380 research projects around the world in order to stop MS in its tracks, restore what has been lost and end MS forever. Through its comprehensive nation-wide network of programs and services, it also helped more than one million people affected by MS connect to the people, information and resources needed to live their best lives.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide.
