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Meet our Niagara Region Walk for Muscular Dystrophy Ambassadors!

Meet the Mino family!

Brian & Laura Mino, along with their son, Christopher, now 10 years old, and daughter, Emily, now 6 years old, moved to the Niagara Region in 2010 after living in Kapuskasing for the previous nine years. Their connection with Muscular Dystrophy began in 2007 when Christopher had some routine blood tests and his CK liver enzymes were unusually high. After multiple visits to Sick Kids in Toronto and the Children’s Hospital in Ottawa, Christopher was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the age of four.

The Mino family credits the unbelievable support they received from everyone in the small Northern community, including the doctors, friends and coworkers, in helping them deal with the devastating news about their son. When quarterly medical visits to Toronto became routine, the family decided to move back to the community where Laura and Brian met at Brock University.

Their first walk the Mino’s participated in was the 2011 walk in Niagara Falls. While the walk was small and drizzly, the support from family, friends and the community was unbelievable.

Looking to grow the annual Niagara walk, Brian joined the walk committee for the 2012 walk. With a new picturesque location overlooking Lake Ontario taking over at Lakeside Park in St Catharines, the 2012 walk was a tremendous success, as the weather cooperated and over $11,000 was raised. Continuing to build on 2012, the 2013 walk, although cool & windy, brought out a record number of people, with friends and family of those affected by Muscular Dystrophy, even as far away as Indiana, as well as community leaders joining the walk, while raising a total of $15,000.

The 2014 walk is anticipated to be another fun-filled family event, with good food, entertaining music and enjoyable prizes as family, friends and coworkers join together to form teams to support one common goal – the objective to find a cure for those affected with muscular dystrophy. For anyone looking to come to the walk for the first time, the Mino family fully encourages everyone to come participate in the walk, even if they don’t know anyone affected by MD. Seeing the joy on the faces of the children and adults that are affected by the disease will remind us all how precious our muscles are and how, if we all join together, we can fight to improve the quality of life for everyone affected by neuromuscular disorders.

The entire Mino family is encouraging everyone they know to come out and support this great cause by joining the walk and donating their time or money towards the 2014 Walk for Muscular Dystrophy. On behalf of the 2014 Niagara Walk for Muscular Dystrophy Ambassador family, we look forward to seeing you on May 10th!