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April 11^th is World Parkinson’s Day

Please join us on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at noon ET, in honoring World Parkinson’s Day with sweatconnected. This will be a 45 minute indoor cycling class via Zoom led by Danielle Devine-Baum set to some great music! Don’t have a bike? Please run, row or dance with us! All proceeds from this class go to the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s. You can reserve a spot for $23 here.

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month:

• Over 10 million people in the world are diagnosed with Parkinson’s – 1 million in the U.S.
• Parkinson’s Disease is a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement; symptoms worsen as the disease progresses over time. Common symptoms include cogwheel rigidity, slowness in movement, tremors, and postural instability.
• Average age of diagnosis is 58.
• Parkinson’s Disease is 1.5x more likely in males than females
• The economic burden of Parkinson’s is $14.4 Billion/year in the U.S. (this may be higher now due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
• The Parkinson’s community has struggled over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to people with Parkinson’s missing some of their therapies due to closures, or struggling with virtual options. These circumstances, for many, have accelerated their decline.

We are pleased to announce that the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s is a proud charity partner for the 2021 Detroit Free Press Marathon.

Race weekend will be October 16-17, 2021 and includes the following distances:

You can sign up for any of these distances and raise funds for the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s while you train/race! All races will have a virtual run option as well. Early bird pricing is from January 1- March 1, 2021 and prices increase March 2, 2021. Please remember to choose the Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s as your charity when you sign up! As part of our Team 23 running team, you will raise a minimum of $500 on the GivenGain fundraising platform, and you will receive a Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson’s dri-fit shirt for running as part of our team!

You can see full event details at: https://www.freepmarathon.com/

All precautions for the race related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic can be found here.

For a recap of the 2020 race and Team 23’s great accomplishments you can read Jamen and Debra’s stories here.

If you were signed up for 2020 and deferred to 2021, you should have received your code for sign up from the Detroit Marathon team.

We hope you will join us by running together in the fight against Parkinson’s Disease. For further questions please email michelle@kirkgibsonfoundation.org