The Pacific West Region of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) will host the 2025 HDSA Team Hope Walk Santa Barbara on Saturday, Sept. 6 at Ledbetter Park, 801 Shoreline Drive.
Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the event starts at 9:30 a.m.
All proceeds support HDSA’s mission to improve the lives of people affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) and their families.
Team Hope is HDSA’s largest national grassroots fundraising event, which takes place in some 100 cities across the U.S., and has raised more than $28 million for HD since its inception in 2007.
Thousands of families, friends, co-workers, neighbors and communities walk together each year to support HDSA.
For more about the event, contact Deb Boyd (dboyd@hdsa.org).
Online registration and donation information can be found here.
HDSA’s Team Hope Walk Program is nationally sponsored by Neurocrine Biosciences and Teva Pharmaceuticals.
Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a person’s physical and mental abilities during their prime working years. There is no cure.
Every child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the faulty gene. Today, there are some 41,000 symptomatic Americans and more than 200,000 at-risk of inheriting the disease.
The symptoms of HD are described as having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s simultaneously. The nonprofit Huntington’s Disease Society of America is dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by HD.
From community services and education to advocacy and research, HDSA leads in providing help for today and hope for tomorrow for people with HD and their families.
HDSA was founded in 1967 by Marjorie Guthrie, the wife of legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie died from HD complications when he was only 55 years old, but the Guthrie family legacy lives on at HDSA.
To learn more about Huntington’s disease and HDSA, visit www.hdsa.org.