Participants Walk to Create a World Free of MS

Louisville, KY – The Kentucky-Southeast Indiana Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society will hold its Walk MS at Waterfront Park- Festival Plaza on Saturday, April 10, 2010.

More than 850 walkers are expected to come out and help raise the goal of $250,000. Funds raised will support direct services and programs for the more than 4,600 people with MS and their families in Kentucky and Southern Indiana and national MS research to find a cure for this chronic disease of the central nervous system.

Walk MS: Louisville will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Waterfront Park. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the walk will start at 9:30 a.m. Guests can participate in Walk MS individually or as a team. There will be a fun and exhilarating warm-up prior to starting the walk at 9:00am. This year there will be a variety of informational booths to assist people with MS, as well as, useful health tip for everyone. A healthy breakfast will be served after the walk is completed.

To register for the walk or to register as a volunteer, visit www.walkMSky.org or contact Allison Gardner at 502-451-0014 ext. 226 or allison.gardner@kyw.nmss.org. Proceeds raised will benefit the Kentucky-Southeast Indiana Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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 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 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 U.S. and 2.5 million worldwide.
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