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Every Step Matters Sunday at Lakeside Rotary Park

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May 12th, 2016

Sunday, at Lakeside Rotary Park, Nelsonites have a chance to put a dent into the disease during the Scotiabank MS Walk.

The fundraising event begins at 10 a.m. with registration, followed by the walk at 11 a.m.

Participants have the option of walking, running riding the three kilometer or five kilometer along the picturesque Nelson waterfront.

Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS, is a chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system, i.e. the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. In severe cases, the patient becomes paralyzed or blind while in milder cases there may be numbness in the limbs.

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