News: Third Party Fundraisers

Middlebury College Student Raises Thousands Toward a Cure for Multiple Sclerosis

UPDATE 10.31.05 Carrie's Walk to Cure MS, has raised over $70,000 to date to benefit the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis.

Middlebury, VT (PRWEB) September 12, 2005 -- Carrie Bryant, a sophomore at Middlebury College, organizes Carrie's Walk to Cure MS, an event that has raised over $13,000 to date to benefit the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis.

Conceived and spearheaded by Ms. Bryant, Carrie's Walk to Cure MS is an event organized by volunteers who are students or faculty members at Middlebury College. On Saturday, October 15, 2005, walkers from throughout New England will join Carrie for a 4.3-mile walk that winds through the campus of the stately New England college. Carrie's Walk to Cure MS is expected to raise over $20,000 in its first year with all proceeds benefiting The Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis in their mission to cure Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by determining its causes.

Shortly after her 19th birthday in September 2004, Ms. Bryant was diagnosed with MS. Her determination and own personal search for a cure for MS has culminated in Carrie's Walk to Cure MS, which takes place one year after her diagnosis. Carrie hopes to build on the success of the inaugural Carrie's Walk to Cure MS and support the mission of the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis each year. "This is something I felt that I needed to do. Accelerated Cure Project gives me the best chance for a Cure for MS", says Ms. Bryant. "I connected with them because their model made sense to me: you can't figure out how to cure MS until you determine what causes it." Carrie continues her studies this fall at Middlebury and her goal is to go to medical school and become a pediatric orthopedic doctor. For more information, to participate, or to make a donation to Carrie's Walk to Cure MS, visit http://expansion.acceleratedcure.org/carrie. At the walk, there will be a barbeque, refreshments, a DJ and a raffle featuring autographed memorabilia from Tom Brady, Dwight Evans, and Mike Krzyzewski. Walker registration for the day begins at 12:00 noon, and the walk commences at 1:00pm. All of the money raised through pledges, sponsors and donations will go to Accelerated Cure Project.

This event is made possible by Middlebury College and sponsors Milton CAT, Bank of America, Dow Industries, Griffon Greenhouse, and other generous donors.

About Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis, www.acceleratedcure.org, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to curing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by determining its causes. The organization believes this effort can be accelerated by organizing the research process and encouraging collaboration between research organizations and clinicians. A "Cure Map" is currently being developed by the Accelerated Cure Project to establish what is known and what is not known about the causes of MS. From the Cure Map, Accelerated Cure Project will facilitate research most likely to reveal the causes of MS in the shortest time through a large-scale, multidisciplinary, MS Repository. For more information about the Accelerated Cure Project, call 781/487-0008, visit www.acceleratedcure.org, or send an email to e-mail protected from spam bots.

About Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that often results in severe disability including the inability to walk, blindness, cognitive dysfunction, extreme fatigue, and other serious symptoms. MS affects over 400,000 people in the US and 2 million individuals worldwide. The disorder occurs twice as often in women as in men. The cause is not known and there is no known cure.

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