The Huntington's Disease Society of America's (HDSA) Northeast Region will be hosting the Hudson Valley Team Hope Walk on Sunday, October 24 at 9:00 AM- Walkway Over The Hudson State Historic Park. 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://northeast.hdsa.org/about/hudson-valley-team-hope-walk
Press Release link: https://northeast.hdsa.org/news/hudson-valley-team-hope-walk-to-support-hdsa