Time to sign up for the Scotiabank MS Walk
By Nelson Daily Staff
Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world with more than 12,000 people in BC/Yukon living with the disease.
Sunday, May 15 at the 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.
Although even one kilometer is fine because the goal of the event is to raise necessary funds for the MS Society that will provide support to those with MS and their families, as well as to fund research to find the causen and cure.
Participants wanting to advance register can do online at mswalks.ca or call Tara at 1-800-268-7582, extension 7254.
For every $50 dollars people raise online in April, they receive one entry into a draw to win one of three dream getaways.
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.
Photo caption: This quartet of runners took to the MS course in 2015 to run for Jody. — Photo courtesy MS Society of Canada, BC & Yukon Division
