August 2015

Originally published on August 14, 2012. This fall, SMA families from around the country will be hosting 23 Walk-n-Rolls helping to raise critical funds to push the advancement of a treatment and a cure for spinal muscular atrophy. Did you know that SMA is the #1 genetic killer of children under the age of two?Did […]

Originally published on October 19, 2012. Development Team Rolls Out New Toolkit for Walk-n-Roll Event Organizers The Walk-n-Roll is Cure SMA’s signature event, with Cure SMA Chapters and families hosting over 40 Walk-n-Rolls a year which raise over $1.3 Million for critical SMA research and family support programs.  To better serve our amazing volunteer families,

Originally published on September 24, 2010. Cure SMA is pleased to announce the creation of a new chapter in Georgia! Located in Albany, GA, the chapter is excited to begin helping families throughout their state and fundraising to support research to find a treatment and a cure for SMA.  Ashley Jones, Vice-President, has been crucial

Originally published on January 16, 2012. Cure SMA is pleased to announce the creation of the Carolinas Chapter and the Capital Region which will be a satellite Chapter of Greater New York! Located in Raleigh, NC and Albany, NY respectively, the chapters are excited to begin helping families throughout their areas and fundraising to support

Originally published on November 9, 2012. Thank you to our amazing Chapter Leaders and SMA families who spend countless hours planning these wonderful fundraising events in support of finding a treatment and a cure for SMA. Together, we hosted over 19,500 participants at 130 events raising over $1.45 Million to help fund new SMA research

Originally published on September 13, 2012. Throughout the month of August, the SMA Community joined together to raise awareness of spinal muscular atrophy and hosted dozens of awareness events across the country! The SMA Community officially recognizes August as Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness month, an effort that Cure SMA has been coordinating since 1996. Families

Originally published on July 27, 2012. August is SMA Awareness month and families and friends around the country are joining together to help promote this devastating disease so that we can one day see a world where SMA is treatable and curable. So, how can you get involved?  There are numerous ways to raise much

Originally published on September 24, 2012. The 10th Annual Northern California Walk-n-Roll, held August 25, 2015 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA was a tremendous success! To celebrate the milestone event, participants and their supporters joined together to make this year’s Northern California Walk-n-Roll the most successful in the event’s ten-year history.  Over

Originally published on October 25, 2012. The 10th Annual Alabama Chapter Walk-n-Roll to Cure SMA, held October 6, 2012 at Snow Hinton Park in Tuscaloosa, AL was a tremendous success!  The Alabama Chapter of Cure SMA held their 10th Annual Walk-n-Roll to cure SMA on Saturday, October 6, 2012. With an amazing turnout of over

Orginially published on November 26, 2012. To commemorate those amazing deals and savings from your Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, celebrate the beginning of the giving season by choosing to donate to support finding a treatment and a cure for spinal muscular atrophy. On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, people from over 1,400 organizations across