Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park will be the starting point for tomorrow’s (Saturday) Parkinson SuperWalk.
The walk brings community members together to raise funds for support programs, services, along with advocacy and awareness for those with the disease.
Selen Alpay, who’s in the early stages of his Parkinson’s, talks about his experience with the disease.
“A lot of my many dear friends are the best medication I can get, because they distract me from the disease.”
“It’s not that the disease is difficult to deal with, because you can control it with medications these days, but it it going to progress further, further, and further.”
Alpay said a lot of people with the disease aren’t getting any kind of support, or the support they should be getting, with the north not getting the support that we deserve.
One of the supports needed is a Local Mobility Clinic, which can only be found in either Vancouver, Victoria, or Kelowna.
The SuperWalk will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park’s picnic shelter.
Donations, along with more information for the SuperWalk, can be found here.
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