September is Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Month, so join the CMT community for the 2024 Walk 4 CMT on Saturday, September 28^th at Hawk Island, Kestrel Shelter (1601 E Cavanaugh Road, Lansing, MI). The event begins at 10:00 am and supports the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA).

To learn more and register for the event, visit https://www.cmtausa.org/events/lansing-walk4cmt/

Come together to create awareness, renew hope, and generate a community of support, while raising funds for CMTA. Walk 4 CMT participants will have the opportunity to receive a Walk 4 CMT T-shirt by raising $100 or more!

You do not need to physically walk to participate. You can make a difference by participating and raising funds, or by donating generously to any of our participants. Together, with your support, we can reach our fundraising goal. 

Walk 4 CMT is a volunteer-led national fundraising campaign for the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association. By participating in this year-round campaign, you will be joining thousands of others across the country who want to improve the lives of those living with CMT. Funds raised by the Walk 4 CMT campaign fuel the CMTA to find treatments for CMT and ultimately a cure. 

About Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) 
Named after the three doctors who first described it in 1886: Charcot, Marie, and Tooth, CMT affects one in every 2,500 people—a rare disease subdivided into multiple subtypes, each with a lower prevalence. Due to the degradation of their nerves, people with CMT suffer lifelong progressive muscle weakness and atrophy of the arms and legs, and can affect other parts of the body. This leads to problems with balance, walking, hand use, and more. There currently is no treatment or cure for this debilitating disease.   

About the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) 
CMTA is a community-focused, community-driven 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to support the development of new treatments for CMT, to improve the quality of life for people with CMT, and, ultimately, to find a cure. As the leading global philanthropic funder of CMT research, CMTA unites the community with clinicians and industry experts to accelerate the advancement of treatments, with investments of nearly $30 Million since 2008. For more information, visit www.cmtausa.org