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Washington, D.C.
Walk 4 CMT

WALK THIS WAY:

Volunteers Step Up to Make a Difference

The CMTA’s Walk 4 CMT
campaign has grown expo-
nentially since the first walk
took place 11 years ago.
In 2019, the CMTA’s amazing
volunteers stepped up to organize
walks in 32 cities in 22 states and
two countries, raising $332,500
for STAR research.
The CMTA is one of the few
national non-profit organizations
with a walk campaign organized
and led solely by volunteers. These
leaders are not only personally
making a difference, they are giv-
ing others the opportunity to join
a community and reach out to
their networks to share their CMT leader to step forward. The support from our dedicated staff.
stories, spread awareness about CMTA makes it simple to host Boston Branch Leader Jill Ricci,
CMT and raise funds for research. a walk with a Walk4CMT.org who also organized the Boston
Any city or town can host a website, turnkey templates for Walk 4 CMT, said, “The CMTA
Walk 4 CMT—all it takes is one sponsorship and marketing and makes it very easy... providing
t-shirts and goodies for everyone
to enjoy.”
2 0 1 9 WA L K 4 C M T H I G H L I G H T S
Walk 4 CMT events are not
HIGHEST ATTENDANCE AT A WALK 4 CMT: 311 people at the Parkland, Florida Walk 4 CMT just fundraisers, they empower
MOST RAISED BY A SINGLE WALK 4 CMT: $41,061 by Washington, D.C. Walk 4 CMT local CMT communities to be a
MOST RAISED BY A WALK 4 CMT TEAM: $11,536 by Team Rustici part of something bigger—moving
TOP FUNDRAISER: Molly Fernandes ($9,023) CMT research forward. Jill
8 NEW WALK 4 CMT EVENTS: San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Miami, FL; Long Island, NY; Syracuse, NY; affirms, “A Walk 4 CMT gives
Columbus, OH; Greenville, SC; Houston, TX everyone a chance to be part of a
STATES WITH MOST WALKS: Florida and California, with three each bigger picture—to have a hand in
1,836 PARTICIPANTS NATIONWIDE h 22 WALKS RAISED OVER $5,000 h14 WALKS RAISED OVER $10,000 helping in the fight to END
CMT.” h

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