Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/02/2018
9:00 am to 1:30 pm
Location
Castle Island - Fort Independence
The Boston Team Hope walk is the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) Massachusetts Chapter’s premier event to raise funds and awareness for those living with Huntington’s Disease and their families. All donations go to HDSA to fund research and advocacy.
Join your community for a walk around the beautiful Castle Island and enjoy food, music, and raffles!
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities and has no cure. HD is known as the quintessential family disease because every child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of carrying the faulty gene. Today, there are 30,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting the disease. Many describe the symptoms of HD as having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s simultaneously.
To register, donate, or create a team, visit: https://hdsa.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=143
Event details:
9:00 AM: Registration and breakfast
10:00 AM: Walk begins
11:30 AM: Lunch, raffles, music
1:30 PM: Event ends
