Please join our team Virtually this year! 

You can register to walk at your convenience or even just make a donation to our cause, the choice if yours!!!  

Thank you for supporting our cause! 

Our Story

NYPD Officer, José A. Piriz, passed away in 2014 from a genetic Prion Disease (Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease) at only 36 years old. His mother, Sonia, also passed away from this disease in 2006. José left behind a wife, and at the time of his passing, a 2-year-old son.

Our Mission

Prion Diseases are classified as 100% fatal neurodegenerative diseases in which there is currently NO CURE or TREATMENTS AVAILABLE. Since research for this disease is extremely underfunded, it has become the Piriz Family's life mission to help fight against Prion Diseases by raising money for much needed research. 

Please help support our cause and all those affected by this disease.