Multiple Sclerosis Society walk set for Suisun City

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Northern California Chapter, will hold its 3rd annual Walk MS on April 26 at the Suisun City Waterfront Plaza.

Registration and check-in begins at 8 a.m. with the walking starting at 9 a.m.

There is no fee to participate.

Walk options include a one-mile and 5K route. Participants can walk individually or as a team and can look forward to food and festivities.

Walk MS is the signature fundraising event of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Hundreds of walkers are expected to participate and contribute to the region's fundraising goal of $1.7 million. Funds raised support direct services and life-changing programs for the more than 84,000 people affected by MS in Northern California as well as groundbreaking research to stop progression, restore lost function and end forever this chronic disease of the central nervous system.

Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with the disease. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.1 million people worldwide.

The Solano County walk is one of 13 walk locations in Northern California in 2014.

To register, volunteer or make a donation, visit walkmsnorcal.org. For more information, contact Will Telfer at (800) 344-4867 or william.telfer@nmss.org.

Outrun MS was founded in 2010 by Vacaville native Marta (DiMichele) Jacobs and her husband, Andy, after learning that their daughter, Andrea, had been newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Together with friends and family, they established Outrun MS Lagoon Valley, an event held at Vacaville's Lagoon Valley Park in 2010 and 2011 which not only raised awareness of multiple sclerosis in Solano County, but significant donations for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as well.

Together with corporate sponsorships, team fund raising and community donations, Outrun MS Lagoon Valley raised $57,500 in 2010 and 2011 to help fund critical programs and direct services for the 84,000 Northern Californians affected by MS. These funds were administered by the NMSS's Northern CA Chapter located in San Francisco.

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Multiple Sclerosis Society walk set for Suisun City