Cambridge father-daughter team look to raise funds for MS research

Amanda Kierce, director of the Haggerty Community School, and her dad, Donn Hockman, Department of Public Works facility supervisor at the Cambridge Senior Center, will participate in their 11th Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Challenge Walk this September. Hockman was diagnosed with MS in 1998.

MS is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system. The progression, severity and specific symptoms of MS are both unpredictable and variable.

Today, new advances in research and treatment are giving new hope to those affected by the disease. To raise the much-needed funds that support both research and those living with MS, Kierce and Hockman and their Challenge Walk Team, Donns Sole Patrol, have committed to the Challenge Walk.

To accomplish their fundraising goals, they have planned an event Saturday, Aug. 10. Cruising for a Cause, a scenic three-hour Charles Riverboat Cocktail Cruise, will include a buffet dinner, departing at 6:30 p.m. from the lower basin of the Charles River (across from the Royal Sonesta Hotel). Tickets are $75 each, $125 for two.

Tickets for both of these events can be purchased in advance by contacting either Kierce 617-349-6264 or Hockman at 617-349-6053.

Those who cannot make it the event, but would still like to contribute can visit http://www.MSnewengland.org, click on Central New England: National MS Society, click Donate to a Participant and enter either Amanda Kierce or Donald Hockman.

Checks may also be made out to NMSS (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) and forwarded to Donns Sole Patrol, 10 Carberry St., Medford, MA 02155.

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Cambridge father-daughter team look to raise funds for MS research