Join the Movement to Create a World Free of MS

The Northern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society will hold its annual Walk MS event at Maria Carrillo High School on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Walk MS is a rallying point of the MS movement, a community coming together to raise funds and celebrate hope for the future.

More than 300 walkers are expected to come to Santa Rosa and help raise money to achieve the Northern California Chapter’s goal of $1.7 million. Money raised at Walk MS will support direct services for the nearly 12,500 people with MS and their families in Northern California. Funds raised also support MS research worldwide to stop MS in its tracks, restore function that’s been lost and end MS forever. Together, we will find a cure for this chronic, unpredictable disease of the central nervous system.

People can participate in Walk MS individually or as a team. Participants can choose a 1k or 5k walk (1 mile or 3 mile), roll or stroll along the walk routes at Maria Carrillo High School. Volunteers are also needed! There is guaranteed fun for the whole family, with entertainment on the route and at the finish festival with food, music, face painters, balloon twisters, team booth and fun give-a-ways.

WHAT: Walk MS to benefit the Northern California Chapter of the National MS Society

WHEN: Saturday, April 18, 2015
8 am Registration Opens
9 am Opening Ceremonies
9:30 am Official Start

WHERE: Maria Carrillo High School located at 6975 Montecito Boulevard

Santa Rosa, CA 95409

PARTICIPATION/ VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION:
Visit www.WalkMS.org or call 1.800.FIGHT.MS.

WHY: Proceeds raised will benefit the nearly 12,500 people living with MS in Northern California, and their families through direct services and cutting-edge research.

About Multiple Sclerosis

• Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system.
• Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The advancement, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer toward a world free of MS.
• Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease.
• MS affects 2.3 million people worldwide.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

• The National MS Society helps each person address the challenges of living with MS through our 50-state network of chapters.
• Through our home office and 50-state network of chapters, we fund more MS research, provide more services to people with MS, offer more professional education and further more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world.
• The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. We are people who want to do something about MS now. Join the movement at www.nationalMSsociety.org.