Sharon Montreuil, facilitator with the Timmins Parkinson support group, is set for the Parkinson Canada SuperWalk at the Timmins Regional Athletic and Soccer Complex at 335 Theriault Blvd, from 2:45 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 7. to support Parkinson's patients in Canada.Picasa / jpg, TD
Timmins has shown “great community support” for the Parkinson Canada SuperWalk over the years, and organizers are hoping it will continue with this year’s walk Sept. 7.
The Timmins Parkinson support group has set a target of $10,000 at the ninth annual fundraising walk at the Timmins Regional Athletic and Soccer Complex at 335 Theriault Blvd.
Last year, the Timmins Parkinson support group raised about $8,700 from the SuperWalk event.
The walk runs from 2:45 to 5 p.m.
The Parkinson Canada SuperWalk has been taking place every year in September across Canada since 1990. The event is organized locally every year to support those suffering from Parkinson’s disease across the country.
“We have had great community support . . . since we started the Parkinson SuperWalk in Timmins,” Sharon Montreuil, facilitator with the Timmins Parkinson support group, said.
The event has raised more than $38 million over the last 30 years to support Canadians living with Parkinson’s disease.
The Timmins Parkinson support group was organized in October 2010.
Participants will be served with a cake, coffee, prizes, water and Subway sandwiches during the walk event.
Montreuil explained Parkinson’s is a diseases that affects many people across Canada. It comes with different symptoms for different people.
Some of the symptoms of early Parkinson’s disease include cramped handwriting or other writing changes, tremor, especially in finger, hand or foot, uncontrollable movements during sleep, changes in voice and others.
The Timmins Parkinson support group hosts meetings every second Thursday of the month from September to June, where speakers like dieticians and pharmacists educate the community on various medical related topics.
“We don’t have a full-time neurologist in Timmins, so the majority of the people who have Parkinson’s in the city travel to Ottawa, Toronto and Sudbury to look for a neurologist,” Montreuil says.
Half the money raised from the walk goes to the Parkinson Canada Research Program while the rest is used locally to fulfil the needs and medical expenses of people suffering from Parkinson’s locally.
To register for the walk visit:
https://donate.parkinson.ca/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=2292
https://www.timminspress.com/news/local-news/walk-to-support-parkinsons-research
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