Time Again, For The Walk & Roll For CMTA!

Once again, Liza reached out to her coworkers at Corporate Business Solutions to sponsor her family’s team at the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association’s annual fundraising event, benefiting the Strategy to Accelerate Research (STAR).

See the t-shirt to know how to pronounce it.  Funny name, serious disease.
Liza’s nephew, Lorenzo, is being held by Liza’s friend, Matteo.

CMT (which her brother-in-law, Tony, has—he’s the gentleman in the CMT t-shirt) is a slowly progressive peripheral neuropathy, which results in muscular atrophy and sensory loss in the arms and legs as well as chronic pain.  Although not well known, it is actually the most common type of inherited peripheral neuropathy, affecting 2.8 million people.  The goal of STAR is to support the development of new drugs to treat CMT in order to improve the quality of life and, ultimately, to find a cure.

 Liza, on the bottom right in the green Blackhawks jersey, raises a cheer
at the start of the event.

To support Tony, her entire family participates every year.  Liza was excited to share that this year’s event attracted 125 participants and raised approximately $11,000!  If you would like to learn more about CMT or to make a donation, visit the CMTA site.