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Published May 04, 2012, 08:57 AM

2012 Walk MS schduled for Sunday

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Upper Midwest Chapter will hold the 2012 Walk MS on Sunday, May 6 in Hudson.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Upper Midwest Chapter will hold the 2012 Walk MS on Sunday, May 6 in Hudson.

More than 650 walkers are expected to come out and help raise nearly $90,000. Walk MS Hudson is one of 34 walk events throughout Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and western Wisconsin.

Dollars raised will support programs and services for 17,000 people with MS and their families in the Upper Midwest Chapter area and will fund cutting-edge research to stop the disease in its tracks, restore lost function and end MS forever.

Participants in Walk MS Hudson, which starts and ends at Hudson Middle School, 1300 Carmichael Road, will choose between a 1 or 3-mile route. People can participate in Walk MS individually or as a team. Volunteers are also needed. Visit www.myMSwalk.org or call 1-800-582-5296 to sign up to walk or to lend a hand.

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