Walk across America Update on Auburn’s ‘Pacin Parson’

Auburn’s Don Stevenson is walking 13,000 miles to raise awareness and funds for Huntington’s disease (HD), a progressively degenerative brain disorder. He left Seattle on April 26 to complete the final 3,000-mile leg to New York City.

• Start: Space Needle,

Seattle, April 26

• Finish: New York City’s Empire State Building, Sept. 15.

• As of Monday: Stevenson arrived at Cut Bank, Mont., on the perimeter of Glacier National Park, following U.S. Highway 2.

To contribute to HD Society of America, please call 206-464-9598, or send your check to: HD Society of America, (Code #070TH03), P.O. Box 33345, Seattle, WA 98133. Please indicate the contribution is for the “13,000-mile Park Walk.”

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