2010 Sheboygan County arthritis walk
Saturday, June 5, is the date for the Arthritis Foundation Annual Arthritis Walk at Cedar Landing in Elkhart Lake.
Participants will support ongoing research to find a cure for the disease and will have the opportunity to connect with others who choose to walk despite their challenges. This event, featuring a one- or three-mile walk route, is one of over 400 Let’s Move Together arthritis walk events taking place across the country.
Arthritis Foundation reminds participants:
• Registration is $15 per person. • Day of registration and pledge drop off begins at 8 a.m. • Raise pledges to win great prizes • Walk begins at 10 a.m.
• Waggers welcome! This arthritis event welcomes dogs on leash. For more information on the event, visit www.sheboygan countyarthritiswalk.kintera.org or contact Marisa Greguoli at (414) 321-3933 x 211.
SHEBOYGAN WOMAN WITH ARTHRITIS NAMED HONOREE OF ARTHRITIS WALK
The Arthritis Foundation, Wisconsin Chapter has named 24-year-old, Jamie Wellna as the honoree of the 2010 Sheboygan County Arthritis Walk. As honoree, Jamie’s story will be shared throughout the community. She hopes to be an inspiration for all people living with arthritis or an arthritis-related disease.
Arthritis is the nation’s leading cause of disability, affecting over 1.1 million adults and an estimated 5,400 children in Wisconsin alone.
Senior year of high school is a time of excitement and change for most students, but Jamie Wellna had an extra change to her health to deal with: rheumatoid arthritis.
Jamie experienced a lot of joint pain in her feet during the basketball season, had difficulty gripping a pen to take notes in class, and her mom had to help her get ready for school because she couldn’t lift her arms above her shoulders. After blood work and tests with her primary care physician, Jamie and her parents went to a rheumatologist in Milwaukee who diagnosed her with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Now at 24, Jamie says her most inconvenient limitation is fatigue. She is learning to take things slow because long periods of walking and morning stiffness can make moving difficult. Fortunately, Jamie has an amazing group of family, friends, health professionals and co-workers who help make things manageable. She enjoys traveling and volunteering. She first began volunteering for the Arthritis Foundation in 2008.
“By sharing my story as honoree, I hope to build new relationships so that friends, family and others with arthritis can share their stories, too,” says Jamie. “Helping the Foundation raise money and awareness to support research feels like a huge accomplishment.”
County residents are invited to join Jamie at the Sheboygan County Let’s Move Together
walk on June 5 at Cedar Landing in Elkhart Lake.
To register as a team, individual or to volunteer, contact Marisa Greguoli at the Arthritis Foundation by phone at (414) 321-3933, by e-mail at mgreguoli@ arthritis.org, or register online at www. sheboygancountyarthritiswalk.kintera.org.
