Take a walk this Saturday

IMNDA calls on Galway to 'Walk While you Can'

THE Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA) ‘Walk While You Can’ campaign returns tomorrow, Saturday.

With more than 450 people in Ireland currently living with Motor Neurone Disease, the charity is encouraging as many people as possible to take part in a 5k walk in their local communities on or around October 21 and help raise funds to build on the vital services provided by the organisation.

Walk While You Can first originated in 2018 when Fr Tony Coote, well known priest, campaigner and latterly author, undertook an extraordinary walk from Donegal to Cork – some 550 kilometres, and raised €700,000 for Motor Neurone Disease in the process.

The outreach nursing service, which now has six nurses provided by the IMNDA, helps over 450 people and families spread across 26 counties.

This is the only service of its kind in the country, and it is funded entirely from public donations. You can register your event online by simply visiting www.imnda.ie.