Fourth Annual Vermont Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma Is Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Fourth Annual Vermont Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma will take place rain or shine at Oakledge Park in Burlington, Vermont, on Sunday, September 19.

Come and enjoy the early fall foliage of northern Vermont. All are welcome to participate . . . there is no registration fee or minimum pledge requirement. The walk is being organized by the Burlington Vermont Support Group of the Scleroderma Foundation New England (SFNE).

Sign-in will take place at the Park entrance, 2 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, starting at 10:00 a.m. where pledges will be turned in and T-shirts distributed. The Walk steps off at 11:00 a.m. The 5-K route will take walkers down the Burlington Bike Path, along the shores of Lake Champlain and then back to the registration area for refreshments.

To assist walkers in signing-up sponsors and registering, arrangements have been made 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 10 to: SFNE, 462 Boston Street, Room 1-1, Topsfield, MA 01983. Individuals registering at sign-in on September 19 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.

The success of last year’s Vermont Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma 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 toll-free at 888-525-0658.

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