3-15-14 walk ms

Walk MS: Fond du Lac will be held on April 27, 2014 at Marian University, 45 S. National Avenue, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.  More than 200 walkers are expected to come out and help raise the goal of $44,000. Funds raised will support direct services for the more than 10,000 children, women and men in Wisconsin diagnosed with MS and their families, as well as MS research to find a cure for this chronic disease of the central nervous system. People can participate in Walk MS individually or as a team. Volunteers are also needed.

WHAT: Walk MS – Fond du Lac to benefit the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Multiple

Sclerosis Society

WHEN: April 27, 2014, registration 9am.

WHERE: Marian University, 45 S. National Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI  54935

PARTICIPATION/ VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION: Visit walkMSwisconsin.org, call (855) 372-1331 or email info.wisMS@nmss.org

WHY: Proceeds raised will benefit the National MS Society-Wisconsin Chapter.

About Walk MS

In less than two decades, multiple sclerosis has gone from an untreatable disease to one with 13 therapies for its most common forms; at least 15 more are in the pipeline. That’s in large part due to support of those who fundraise through events like Walk MS, a volunteer-driven event supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Walk MS is scheduled to take place in 20 communities throughout Wisconsin in 2014, with each location featuring accessible routes, rest stops, first aid and more. More than $1.3 million was raised through Walk MS events in Wisconsin last year.

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. More than 10,000 children, women and men have been diagnosed in Wisconsin, believed to be one of the highest prevalence rates in the country.