Team Hope

press release: The Wisconsin Chapter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) will host the Madison Team Hope Walk/Run on Sunday, August 21, at 10:00 AM at McKee Farms Park.

Team Hope is HDSA’s largest national grassroots fundraising event, which takes place in over 100 cities across the U.S. and has raised more than $20 million for Huntington's disease since its inception in 2007. Thousands of families, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and communities walk together each year to support HDSA’s mission to improve the lives of people affected by Huntington's disease and their families. 

Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain that is described as having ALS, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's disease all at once. Today, there are approximately 41,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at risk of inheriting the disease.

In an effort to keep all event participants safe and well, all attendees will be required to follow the HDSA Event Guideline. The COVID - 19 Health Questionnaire form will be available

24 hours before the walk and can be found here