Conquer Chiari Walk Across America 2024

The Conquer Chiari Walk Across America is a series of coordinated awareness/fundraising walks being held across the country on the 3rd and 4th Saturday of September.

Saturday, September 28th, 2024. Registration begins at 12:00 PM. Walk starts at 1:00 PM.

The local walk is being held at Springfield Botanical Gardens – 2400 S. Scenic Avenue – Springfield, MO 65807 – Walk distance is .5 miles. Walk at your fitness level.

Everyone is invited to participate. A minimum donation of $40 is suggested. Participants are asked to pre-register on-line at walk.conquerchiari.org. T-shirts will be provided to those who pre-register by 8/16 and raise/donate at least $40. Contact: Michelle Fronick at (417) 343-8288 or Michelle.fronick@hotmail.com.

To raise awareness of Chiari Malformation and to raise money for valuable research. In 2023, the event was held both live & virtually involving thousands of participants and raised more than $300,000 for research and other patient centered programs. Since its inception in September 2008, the Conquer Chiari Walk Across America has been held in 260 cities in 48 states with over 105,000 participating walkers, and has raised over 6.4 million dollars.

Conquer Chiari, known formally as the C&S Patient Education Foundation, is a 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to improving the experiences and outcomes of Chiari patients through education, awareness, and research. The Conquer Chiari website (walk.conquerchiari.org) is the single most comprehensive source of information available on Chiari and related topics. For more information, contact: Rick Labuda, Executive Director, director@conquerchiari.org, 724-940-0116.