If you're new to the Parkinson Hero Walk, or just want a few fundraising tips, we've got you covered.
- Setting up and personalizing your fundraising page
- Navigating your participant dashboard
- Growing your team
- Simple fundraising ideas that work
- Making the most of the tools available to you
Parkinson's and MPF Facts to Include on your personal or team page to share:
Include some facts about Parkinson’s:
- What is Parkinsons’s disease?
- Slowly progressing neurogenerative disease outpacing Alzheimer’s disease
- Affects ability to move associated with tremors, slowness and stiffness of the limbs
- Over 90,000+ new cases diagnosed in the United States each year
- 35,000 people living with Parkinson’s in Michigan
- 1 in 15 people will be diagnosed in a lifetime
- 1 person is diagnosed every 6 minutes
- Men are 1.5x more likely than women to be diagnosed
- Only 12-15% of cases are genetic; environment is a big factor along with a person’s own unique biology, genes, and exposure to environmental factors
What the funds raised from the Walks support:
- MPF was founded in 1983
- MPF’s four pillars: exercise (only proven intervention to slow the progression of the disease), respite care, educational events, community (we have 76 out of 83 counties in MI)
- Every dollar raised helps the Michigan Parkinson Foundation provide education, exercise, support groups, mentorship, respite care, and resources for individuals and families living with Parkinson's throughout Michigan.