Climb the Peak for MS

Fundraiser to find a cure

I’ve been involved with the New Hampshire MS community through Concord Hospital’s MS Wellness Program for over three years. I mentor others with MS, share my story through my book, Buoyant, and run a Zoom MS Writing for Wellness class.

Through these programs, plus the hiking community, I have met many people with multiple sclerosis.

March is MS Awareness Month, and I have chosen this time to begin fundraising for my June 8^th hike: Climb the Peak for MS.

Last year, I focused on a dear hiking friend who was closing in on finishing her 48 4,000-footers when she had an exacerbation that affected her mobility and forced her to stop hiking. MS is also causing her to become deaf.

This year, two more friends were diagnosed.

One from my hometown of Dartmouth, MA, loves being outdoors and taking photos, but now finds this challenging. The other is a New Hampshire hiker and Nordic skater who has been diagnosed with primary progressive MS—meaning the loss of mobility she is experiencing won’t go away as it can with relapsing-remitting MS like I have.

We need more answers.

For all of my friends with MS and for all those who deal with the day-to-day struggles of this disease, I have set a fundraising goal.

My goal is to raise $5000.

It sounds like a lot, but I’ve done it before, becoming a top MS Walk Your Way fundraiser in 2023 and 2024.

We need a cure. We need even better meds to calm nervous systems gone awry. We need support for people like my two friends who just heard the words, “You have MS.”

Please click here and go to the white Donate button if you’d like to join me in my fundraising effort for the National MS Society.

We can do this. We have to.

With deep gratitude,

Dotty

Mount Isolation; South Kinsman; backyard. NH