Walk to Fight Parkinson's halfway to $150,000 fundraising target
A Walk to Fight Parkinson's on November 22 has raised halfway to its $150,000 target for ACT research and support.
Marcia Kimball, chair of Parkinson's ACT, is raising funds for the Walk to Fight Parkinson's on 22 November at Lake Burley Griffin. John, her husband, died in September at 77 after living with Parkinson's for two decades.
The community's response to his death inspired her to convert sympathy into action. The event starts at 9 am with a five-kilometre walk or run in waves, plus a DJ, MC, coffee van and sausage sizzle.
More than 2,000 people in the ACT live with Parkinson's, a progressive condition causing tremor, rigidity, pain and memory problems. Fifty people a day are diagnosed with the disease in Australia.
The fundraiser has reached halfway to its $150,000 target.
- $150,000
- Fundraising target
- $75,000
- Amount still needed
- November 22
- Walk event date
- 50
- Parkinson's diagnoses per day in
Why it mattersParkinson's research needs funding to improve treatment and support for those living with the disease across Australia.
AustraliaThe walk supports ACT Parkinson's research and care; more than 2,000 locals live with the condition and benefit from community fundraising.
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