Arthritis Foundation Raises Funds for a Cure in the Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis.

Submitted release

Help find a cure by participating in and fundraising for the 2015 Greater Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis May 3 at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk is begins from 10 a.m. to noon. Formerly Arthritis Walk, Walk to Cure Arthritis is the Arthritis Foundation’s signature, national fundraising event to prevent, control and cure the nation’s leading cause of disability.

The 2015 Corporate Chairs are David Ellovich of UBS, a resident of West Hartford, and Christopher Aroh of CohnReznick, a resident of Glastonbury. As chairs, Ellovich and Aroh will provide leadership in helping the city’s Walk to Cure Arthritis reach its fundraising goal of $110,000.

The Greater Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis will feature local honorees including Sarah Chadbourne of Orange and 4 year old Maci Wolfe of Plymouth who will share their inspirational stories about their battles with arthritis. Dr. Barbara Edelheit, MD Rheumatology, at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center will serve as the Walk Medical Chair.

Arthritis is a crippling disease that impacts more than 50 million adults and 300,000 children – or approximately 22 percent of the United States population. The disease costs the U.S. economy $128 billion dollars a year, and is a more frequent cause of activity limitation than heart disease, cancer or diabetes.

Funds raised through the Walk to Cure Arthritis—Hartford, CT will go toward programs, research and advocacy initiatives to help people today while finding a cure for tomorrow.

“Arthritis is costly, painful and debilitating, and makes a significant impact in the lives of people in your community,” says Director of Development, Luellen Perkins. “By participating in and raising funds for Hartford’s Walk to Cure Arthritis, you will help us reach our goal of raising $110,000 to remove the burden of arthritis entirely by bringing us closer to a cure.”

To learn more and register for the Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis, visit http://walktocurearthritishartfordct.kintera.org  or contact Luellen Perkins at [email protected] or call 860-563-1177. To learn more about the fight to cure arthritis, visit www.arthritiswalk.org.

About the Arthritis Foundation

Striking one in every five adults and 300,000 children, arthritis is the nation’s leading cause of disability. The Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org) is committed to raising awareness and reducing the impact of this serious, painful and unacceptable disease, which can severely damage joints and rob people of living life to its fullest. The Foundation funds life-changing research that has restored mobility in patients for more than six decades; fights for health care policies that improve the lives of the millions who live with arthritis; and partners with families to provide empowering programs and information.