Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/12/2015
12:00 am
Location
DCR's Mother's Rest
MitoAction Energy Walk & 5K
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015,
DCR’s Mother’s Rest in South Boston, MA.
This family-friendly event, designed to raise awareness about mitochondrial disease, features a walk, a scenic 5K, and a day of fun for all ages and abilities. While the walk is in Boston, MA, MitoAction has walkers and runners all over the country. For more information and to register as a walker, runner, or virtual walker or runner, visit www.mitoaction.org/walk.
Proceeds from the walk/5K benefit MitoAction, a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children, adults, and families living with mitochondrial disease through support, education, outreach, advocacy, and clinical research initiatives. Learn more at www.MitoAction.org.
Mitochondrial disease is an inherited chronic illness that can be present at birth or develop later in life. It causes debilitating physical, developmental, and mental disabilities with symptoms including poor growth; loss of muscle coordination; muscle weakness and pain; seizures; vision and/or hearing loss; gastrointestinal issues; learning disabilities; and heart, liver, or kidney failure. About 1 in 2,000 people has Mito. It’s progressive and there is no cure.
