This year the People’s Drug Mart Walk for ALS in Williams Lake will be held in Boitanio Park on Saturday, June 14.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the walk will start at 11 a.m.
ALS is a degenerative disease that slowly affects mobility and speech. Upon diagnosis, a patient can live up to five years with the disease.
The money raised from the event goes to patient services and ALS research.
Funds are shared 60 per cent for patient services and programs and 40 per cent ALS research to find the cause and cure.