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Walkers and volunteers wanted

NEWS RELEASE ALS CANADA ************************* The Walk for ALS is coming soon to Timmins and we need walkers and volunteers.

NEWS RELEASE

ALS CANADA

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The Walk for ALS is coming soon to Timmins and we need walkers and volunteers.

The annual walk will take place on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the Gillies Lake Conservation Area in Timmins, Ontario.

Check in is at 10 a.m. and the walk will begin at 11 a.m.

For more information contact Brigitte Labby, Regional Manager, ALS Canada, [email protected].

ALS, which stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a neurodegenerative terminal disease.

With no cure, or treatment available, patients affected experience gradual paralyses throughout the body as the nerve cells that control movement die.

Eventually, the disease kills because it impacts the patient’s ability to breathe.
 
Currently there are 2,500-3,000 Canadians living with ALS.

Every year 1,000 people will die because of this disease and 1,000 will be newly diagnosed.

The ALS Societies across Canada, organize the WALK for ALS, with the help of hundreds of volunteers across Canada.

The money raised goes towards investing in the ALS Canada Research Program, which funds top ALS researchers nationwide.

Forty percent of the proceeds generated provide support services and equipment to help Canadians living with ALS maintain a quality of life as long as possible.

Click here for an information sheet on the walk, or visit our website: http://www.walkforals.ca/ontario.

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