Every year a group of family and friends gather to walk 4
miles, enjoy each others company and a backyard barbecue and raise a little
money. A big part of our team who can't make the actual physical walk, donate
generously by mailing a check or contributing online through the links on this
page. Every year we have been able to send a check of greater than $30,000 to
our beneficiaries. We are once again funding the work of Dr. Steve Miller at
Northwestern and Dr. Brian Popko at the University of Chicago in their quest to
use nanotechnology in pursuit of immunological tolerance, coupled with myelin
repair agents. This is the cutting-edge of MS Research. The science is
fascinating. Please see below and link to Dr. Miller's WGN interview HERE.
What else is fascinating is the wonderful people who make
up the Johnnie Walkers. From unconditionally supporting family, great neighbors,
bonded college friends, various loyal work-related friends, dedicated church
friends, Chicago friends where we went from Friday night cocktails to weddings
to newborns to teenagers to designated drivers in the suburbs Then there are
characters like Mike Lazarus who comes in every year for less than 24 hours,
with a fistful of checks from the Stamford, CT medical community, whose
connection with me is a as a friend of a friend who spent a weekend in the early
80’s in Chicago and tried to see how much Mexican food we could eat and how
many Cub’s games we could go to with the least amount of sleep. There are
renewed Emerson, NJ high school friends. There is a little history there where I
knew their grandparents, their parents, brothers and sisters and now meeting
their adult kids.. They now come in a couple days early to explore Chicago.
And every year there are cherished new friends making new memories and rapidly
becoming old friends. Here are some pictures from last year.
The Johnnie Walkers have come a long way since we first started participating all those years ago with Ron & Judy Anderson, Darby Anderson, Dee Schorr, Pat & I in the freezing rain and raised a few hundred dollars.
I have a few more battle scars since however
I’m still as optimistic as ever that me and a million others in the US will get
back on our feet.
It’s my favorite weekend of the year!
If you can’t make the trip, join our team by donating online
through Northwestern Univ.
Or by writing a check:
Northwestern University
c/o Bob Gregory
10
Londonderry Lane
Lincolnshire,
IL 60069
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