25th Simcoe-Norfolk MS Walk set for May 25

Kaley Horton, left, owner of Kaley’s Restaurant, with MS Walk volunteers Tammy Mitton, Sarah Voorhees, Dave Horton, Kyra Voorhees and Victoria Blakemore at the MS Walk Mother’s Day Brunch fundraiser. 

Chris Abbott

Editor

The Simcoe-Norfolk MS Walk is gearing up for a big day on May 25.

“That’s what we’re hoping for,” said David Horton, chair of the Grand Erie chapter of the MS Society of Canada and organizer of the 25th Simcoe-Norfolk MS Walk, at a MS Brunch fundraiser at Kaley’s Restaurant on May 11 – Mother’s Day.

Calling on ‘the power of community,’ participants are encouraged to ‘take action and create change.’

Opening ceremonies for the 2025 Simcoe-Norfolk MS Walk on May 25 begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Simcoe Royal Canadian Legion, 200 West Street. Registration and check-ins are 8:30-10:30 – with a light breakfast - and the Walk begins at approximately 11 a.m. There are two distances available – 5-km or 2-km. The MS Walk concludes at the Legion where lunch will be ready for participants.

More than 75 people attended the Mother’s Day Brunch at Kaley’s in Simcoe, plus takeouts.

“Kaley has done this fundraising breakfast for us for probably the last eight years, and the funds raised go right to the Walk total,” said David Horton.

According to statistics from MS Canada, the Simcoe-Norfolk Walk has raised nearly $1 million over the past 25 years.

“It’s quite impressive,” he added, hoping for numbers similar to last year. “Hopefully we have weather like this again on the 25th.

“Last year we had about 95-100 walkers and the volunteers, so around 110-120 people, and we’re kind of looking for the same thing on May 25,” said Horton, encouraged by his conversations with Toyotetsu representatives, who were major contributors last year in both sponsorship and participants.

To register in advance or make an online donation, go to mswalks.ca. 

chris@granthaven.com