6th Annual North Shore Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma
Sunday, September 12

The Sixth Annual North Shore Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma will take place in the Town of Topsfield, Mass., on Sunday, September 12. Sign-in will begin in the Proctor School Gym, 60 Main Street, starting at 10 a.m., where pledges will be turned in and T-shirts handed out.

There is no registration fee or minimum pledge requirement.

The Walk steps off at 12:00 noon, rain or shine. The 5K route will take walkers down Main Street toward the Topsfield Fair Grounds, then turn onto country roads along the Ipswich River and back to the Proctor School for refreshments, entertainment, silent auctions and raffles. In addition to this Highlander Course, there will be a level course – The Flatlander – of equal distance set up behind the school.

Prizes will be given to the first person to finish each course, the youngest walker to finish, and the senior walker to finish.

To assist walkers in signing-up sponsors and registering, the Chapter has arranged with Firstgiving to provide individualized online pledging pages. Walkers can set up their own secure page by selecting the “Register Online” link to the left. Walkers can e-mail the link to their Firstgiving page to potential sponsors they know throughout the world or share it on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Free T-shirts will be given to walkers registering on-line or returning their completed registration forms before September 3 to: SFNE, 462 Boston Street, Room 1-1, Topsfield, MA 01983. Individuals registering at sign-in on September 12 will be asked to consider making a $10 donation for the T-shirt
“Registration Forms” and “Pledge Sheets” can be printed from this web page by selecting the appropriate link to the left.

Last year ’s North Shore Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma raised more than $44,000, which helped make it possible for SFNE to give $150,000 to the Scleroderma Foundation in 2009, specifically for its National Research Program to help find the cause of and the cure for scleroderma.

Questions:

If you have a question about the Walk, you can e-mail it to tcurran@sfnewengland.org, or you can call the SFNE Office at 978-887-0658 or toll-free at 888-525-0658.

Watch this page for regular updates about the North Shore Walk-A-Thon.