RAPID CITY, SD (KOTA TV) - While most 11 year old boys are hanging with their friend, Owen Ponto is organizing an event to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease.
On Sunday, September 10, 2017 people will be climbing for a cure on M Hill.
Parkinson's research is very important to Ponto because both his grandparents suffer from the disease.
Parkinson's disease affects as many as one million individual in the US, and there is still no known cure.
This is a way to help fund research to help Ponto’s grandparents.
Owen’s Mother, Tracy Ponto, says “I was really impressed with the number of people that have shared and the donations that we've already gotten in from people that I don't even know who they are which is very cool. Our family has also been sending out emails so hopefully will get a lot of people to the event to come and have fun hiking with us."
Ponto has already raised more than $1,000 before the event has even started and all the money is going to the Banner Sun Health Research Institute.
If you can't make it to the event you can still donate at baanerhealth.com/bannerfoundation.
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