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MS Walk returns this Sunday to Great Chief Park

May 27, 2022 | 1:25 PM

The annual Red Deer Jayman BUILT MS Walk is happening this Sunday, May 29.

The walk has raised nearly $24,000 of its $32,000 goal toward research into Multiple Sclerosis, and the MS Society of Canada’s vision of a world free of the disease.

According to Statistics Canada, the prevalence of MS in this country is among the highest in the world. As of 2018, there were an estimated 97,300 Canadians with the disease

This year’s walk takes place at Great Chief Park’s Kiwanis Picnic Shelter, with an opening ceremony at 11. The route is five kilometres.