From the Grand Island/Hastings MS Walk Committee:

Walk MS coming to your neighborhood

You'll move. You'll be moved. Join walk MS and accept the challenge! You'll be joining the movement with hundreds of thousands of people across the country in an experience like no other. We walk together to make a powerful statement and to keep moving toward a cure.

The Grand Island/Hastings Walk MS will take place at 9:30 am on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Bar Middle School. Funds raised from the event will help the National Multiple Sclerosis Society support its MS programs, research, and professional education. Sponsors include Blue Cross Blue Shield and Runza.

The community makes the walk a success. Walkers, sponsors, people with MS and volunteers come together with a dynamic synergy said Chapter President, Lisa Brink. We encourage our tried and true participants to save the date and sign up now. We urge rookies to give the Walk a try and find out how they can help the more than 27,000 individuals, family members and friends living with MS in the state of Nebraska.

Anyone and everyone, including pets, are welcome at the Walk MS. Walkers can walk as an individual or as part of a team. Teams of walkers can be any group of four or more people who collect contributions for the event. Teams can be comprised from friends and family members, neighbors, organizations and co-workers. Walkers at the Grand Island/Hastings event will also enjoy a morning filled with food, entertainment, raffle drawings, awards and fun.

For more information about the Walk , contact Dixie Zoucha at 402-834-0075 or Lisa Carllson at 402-463-8350,
or visit our website at nationalmssociety.org/nen.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society:
-- We help each person address the challenges of living with MS through our 50-state network of chapters.
-- We are moving research forward by relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatment and cure.
-- We are moving to reach out and respond to individuals, families and communities living with multiple sclerosis.
-- We are moving politicians and legislation to champion the needs of people with MS through activism, advocacy and influence.
-- We are moving to mobilize the millions of people who want to do something about MS now.