The Greater Carolinas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will host the 2014 Walk MS: Cabarrus-Rowan event on Saturday, April 5, at the NC Research Campus. The event will feature a 1-3 mile walk, lunch for participants and a designated team tailgating area.
Walk MS, an annual fundraiser for more than 20 years, is an opportunity for the community to support the estimated 17,000 individuals who are living with multiple sclerosis in our chapter area. This year’s event aims to be the largest yet, with more than 250 walkers anticipated.
The Cabarrus-Rowan event hopes to raise $35,000 towards the overall Walk MS fundraising goal of $1.2 million. Sixty percent of all the funds raised will go toward programs, services and advocacy for people living with MS, and 40 percent will go to support national research to find the cause and cure of MS.
The 2014 Walk MS website allows individuals to create and join teams, register and donate online. For more information or to register, please visit www.walkmscarolinas.org or call 1-800 FIGHT MS. Participants are encouraged to recruit friends and family to walk or volunteer as a team at the event.
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.