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Team Successes: Team Julia
Meet Julia - a motivated and influential university student whose goal is to end MS one Walk at a time. Julia was first diagnosed with MS in March of 2003. Since that day she has had to undergo some changes in her life including giving up dancing, which she  has done since age 5, and periodically reducing her course load at school. However, that has not changed her outlook on life. “I feel that being a young adult with MS gives me the power to be an advocate for MS” says Julia.
Julia has done that and more. For the last 4 years she has been Walking in the MS Walk in Edmonton and raising money to end MS. This year her team raised over $27,000! She has family and friends from all over Alberta that come to Walk with her on the event date. “It can almost be overwhelming to see their love and support, they support me 100%,” says Julia. This year all of her team members wore t-shirts designed by her sister Jenna and they all worked together as a team to come up with fundraising ideas. Their most successful fundraising event this year was a silent auction held at Century Grill that raised $14,785!
“As I see it, we are going to be the generation to turn MS around and kick it (MS) where it hurts!” |
