Night walk through Utrecht raises more than million for ALS research

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Last night, more than 4,000 people took a walk through Utrecht to raise more than 1.3 million euros for research into the deadly muscle disease ALS. “It is hard to believe that we have more than 1 million euros this year,” says director Limore Noah of the ALS Netherlands Foundation at RTV Utrecht. “The money is desperately needed for more research into the cause and treatment.” It was the fourth edition of the ALS Sunrise Walk. Walkers walked al…

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Several thousand people walked through Utrecht in the night from Friday to Saturday to raise money for research into ALS. The ALS Sunrise Walk raised a record amount of over 1.3 million euros. The record has stood since last year, when participants raised more than 916,000 euros with the benefit trip.