Walk For Huntington's Disease Set For May 4 At Oak Mountain

PELHAM, AL - A fundraiser for the Huntington's Disease Society of America has been scheduled for May 4 at Oak Mountain State Park. The Birmingham Team Hope Walk is a fundraising event that involves the community walking together to support HDSA’s fight to improve the lives of people affected with HD.

The event begins at 1 p.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.

Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities during their prime working years and has no cure. Each child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the faulty gene that causes Huntington’s disease.

Today, there are approximately 30,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting the disease. The symptoms of Huntington’s disease are described as having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – simultaneously.

For more information and to sign up, call 251-300-0214.