MS Canada

Sara Moir (seen above as #704) ran the 2022 Calgary Marathon and raised almost $4,000 for MS Canada.

"A little bit about my story is that I was diagnosed with MS in November 2021. My diagnosis is what actually kick started my marathon training. As soon as I received my official diagnosis, I knew I wanted to make good on my goal of completing a full marathon before I turned 40.

Even though I was still a few years off from that point, I knew how quickly things could change for me medically with my mobility. Instead of focusing on my fears, I used them to push me into not only accomplishing my goal but also bringing some awareness to a charity so near and dear to my heart. 

I feel very honoured to have been able to run with such a huge team cheering me on throughout the marathon. My friend Sarah and I ran under the team name of “Don’t UnderMStimate Us’."

"One day, it is my hope that that living with MS can be a thing of the past and it can just become a small footnote on my medical record. Until then, I feel lucky that I was able to accomplish my goal and that so many people never UnderMStimated me.

I was so lucky that I had so many friends and family support me through that accomplishment.”

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Help Create a World Free of MS

Every 12 minutes, someone in Canada is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), making Canada hold one of the highest rates of MS in the world.

MS is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (i.e., brain, spinal cord) and most people are diagnosed with it between the ages of 20 and 49. 

Since roughly one in every 400 Canadians (over 90,000 people) lives with MS today, your donation is needed to provide crucial support and services to those in the MS community while also enabling MS Canada to invest in life-changing research to create a world free of MS.

As of January 2023, MS Canada amalgamated two previously known entities – the MS Society of Canada and the MS Scientific Research Foundation – but still maintained its vision of a world free of MS. For 75 years, the organization has been relentless in its fight, continuously funding research to expand the current MS knowledge base.

With your help, MS Canada will work to alleviate the uncertainty that MS causes, help provide accessible options for disease management, collaborate with partners to eliminate physical and social barriers in communities, advocate for people living with MS, and ask governments to improve policies that impact the everyday lives of those affected by MS.

For more information visit mscanada.ca