This summer I will be participating in the Walk to End ALS in Memory of my Mom, Barbe Parke who we lost in December 2024. Since I won't be in Winnipeg for the 2025 ALS walk, I will be doing it while I'm in Nova Scotia on June 7th. 

While watching my Mom's journey with ALS, I recognized a gap in the services for ALS specific care. These gaps made it difficult for my Mom to receive the care she needed and fight her disease with dignity at times. My hope is that we can continue to raise money to fill these gaps and provide care for the people who are currently living with ALS and those who will be diagnosed in the future. No one deserves to suffer on their own. 

Now more than ever, the ALS community needs our support to provide hope and help to families affected by ALS/MND. That’s why I’m joining thousands of others, a part of a passionate and motivated community to “walk” in celebration of hope and a world free of ALS. Please consider supporting me and donating towards this important cause.

Your support will help to:

• create a better day-to-day reality for people and families living with ALS by providing community-based support throughout Manitoba as well as necessary medical equipment like wheelchairs, liftchairs, mobility aids and other items that increase safety in the home, at no cost to those who need them.
• further scientific progress by investing in the ALS Canada Research Program, which funds promising ALS research. This program provides peer-reviewed grants to researchers whose work has the greatest potential to advance the field of ALS. There’s been more progress made in ALS research in the last five years than over the last century – we need to keep building on this momentum.

Join me in making a difference. Please consider donating to my fundraising page as we work towards a world free of ALS/MND.

Your support is needed now more than ever - we are stronger together!