Volunteers needed for Walk MS locations across Illinois on Sunday, May 3

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Illinois Chapter, is calling all volunteers to lend a helping hand at Walk MS on Sunday, May 3, 2015. This year’s Walk MS locations include Bloomington, Chicago Lakefront, McHenry County (Lake in the Hills), North Shore (Glenview), Northwest Suburbs (Hoffman Estates), Rockford, St. Charles, South Suburbs (Orland Park), Southwest Suburbs (Lockport), Springfield and West Suburbs (Naperville)

Volunteers play a major role in the success of National Multiple Sclerosis Society events. Possible volunteer positions for Walk MS 2014 include activity tent supervision, finish line celebration, food tent, greeter, logistics crew, medical tent, missions tent, photography, pin-on distributor, professional (e.g., massages, face painting and truck driving), registration, rest stop, route/site support, set-up and tear down, t-shirt distribution and volunteer check-in. Volunteers can register online to work either a morning or afternoon shift on the day of the event.

For more information about how to get involved or to sign up as a volunteer, please visit walkMS.org, call 312-423-1107 or email jocelyn.chang@nmss.org. Together, participants can walk their way to a cure.

Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease that interrupts the flow of information in the central nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve. The Greater Illinois Chapter mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of more than 20,000 individuals in Illinois and 2.3 million worldwide affected by MS. Envisioning a world free of MS, the Chapter moves toward that end by driving change through advocacy, facilitating education, collaborating with others and by providing helpful programs and services.

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