Huntington’s Disease Maine Team Hope Walk

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Date/Time
Date(s) - October 17, 2021
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location
Ellsworth High School

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The Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s (HDSA) Maine Affiliate will be hosting the Maine Team Hope Walk on Sunday, October 17 at 9:00 AM- Ellsworth High School in Ellsworth. Team Hope is HDSA’s largest national grassroots fundraising event, which takes place in over 100 cities across the U.S. and has raised more than $20 million for Huntington’s disease since its inception in 2007.

Huntington’s disease is a brain disease that is passed down in families from generation to generation with symptoms described as having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – simultaneously. Today, there are approximately 41,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting the disease.

Event link: https://maine.hdsa.org/about/maine-team-hope-walk

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