Help find a cure by participating in and fundraising for the 2014 Warsaw Walk to Cure Arthritis on Saturday, June 7, at Winona Lake Senior Center. Formerly called the 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.

Arthritis is a crippling disease that affects 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 Warsaw Walk to Cure Arthritis 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 regional President and CEO Tom Fite. “By participating in and raising funds for the Warsaw Walk to Cure Arthritis, you will help us reach our goal of raising $25,000 to remove the burden of arthritis entirely by bringing us closer to a cure.”

To learn more and register for the Warsaw Walk to Cure Arthritis, contact Marcy Hawkins at 260-755-6282 or [email protected]. To learn more about the fight to cure arthritis, visit www.arthritiswalk.org.

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.