On Sunday, I participated in my first ever MS Walk. I took donations for MS and was able to raise quite a bit of money – over $8000!
This year was a virtual event, which was kind of lame, since I haven’t done one before but we made the best of it. My friend Natal and I decided that we would do a hike and decided on a 14 km trail that was close to town. Her husband, Troy and puppy, Ella joined us too!
The hike was more challenging than I had expected but I felt great about doing it. There were parts on the trail where you could end up waist high in mud – this was discovered by Ella, our scout, who ended falling into a huge mud puddle and had to swim her way out.
Natal and I both ended up with soakers around the halfway point and bitched about that for a while. Nothing quite like knowing that you have a 7 km hike to do when your shoes and socks are soaking wet.
Overall, the fundraising was very successful. Like I said, I raised $8414.64 which well exceeded my $5000 goal (which I thought was high and wasn’t sure that I would be able to reach!). It was not the most beautiful day, but the rain didn’t come out and the hike itself was lovely.
I thought I read somewhere that overall we raised over a million dollars but I can’t seem to find that information anywhere anymore. I will investigate further and then update my post once I find out.
UPDATE – $3.65 million dollars we’re raised by the 2021 MS Walk participants 😳
I feel good about the money that I raised and although virtual, there are a lot of people who have uploaded photos of their walks and journeys with MS. I uploaded all my pics and a quick blurb about my story and have received many messages and comments.
This will definitely be a yearly event for me going forward and hopefully we are able to find a cure during my lifetime.
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