Feb 03, 2009
Walk MS Registration Open
CONTACT: Ericka Tavares 401.738.8383
Ericka.Tavares@rir.nmss.org
With More Options for Walkers Than Ever Before,
Registration Opens for the 20th Annual Walk MS
WARWICK, R.I., DEC. 9, 2008 – With more options for walkers than ever before, the 20th Annual Walk MS will return to Rhode Island next year with a brand new route in the Capital city and two shorter walks for speedy support of those living with MS.
Registration has just opened for the 2009 Walk MS, which will feature a 3-mile walk through downtown Providence. In addition to our popular 6.2-mile stroll through scenic Narragansett, we are also offering a three-mile option. And the Bristol walk through Colt State Park will also feature a 5K run for the many runners and joggers who have told us they want to support our cause.
For those of you who prefer two wheels, the MS 25 Quick Ride is a great, 25-mile bicycle ride starting and ending at the Pier School in Narragansett.
With all these different choices, supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Rhode Island Chapter has never been easier! Join us in our 20th anniversary year by simply log onto rir.nationalmssociety.org. Click on the Walk MS logo to get started.
By joining us on April 19, 2009, you will be one of more than 250,000 walkers in 700 cities and towns nationwide helping to make a difference in the lives of those with MS.
The National MS Society funds more MS research, provides more services to people with MS, offers more professional education, and furthers more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world.
About Multiple Sclerosis
MS interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. 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 more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the United States and 2.5 million worldwide.
Join the movement at www.nationalmssociety.org.
Rhode Island Chapter
205 Hallene Road, Suite 209
Warwick, RI 02886
401-738-8383
www.nationalmssociety.org/rir
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