What is Multiple System Atrophy?
Multiple System Atrophy is a rare, neurodegenerative and progressive disease. There is no cure for MSA and very few treatments to manage its debilitating effects.
Where Is the MSA Awareness Shoe Now?
The Defeat MSA Awareness Shoe has raised awareness about Multiple System Atrophy by visiting over a dozen countries across the world. View our map to follow the MSA Awareness Shoe!
Remember Our Angels
Thousands of people have around the world have lost loved ones to Multiple System Atrophy. Remember our Angels by keeping their perpetual candles lit.
About The MSA Awareness Shoe
The sole mission of the MSA Awareness Shoe is to raise awareness about Multiple System Atrophy by its symbolic world marathon. The journey originally began as a prank among a group of friends who wanted to make people laugh. One of those people was Pearl Turner, who had Multiple System Atrophy.
To date, the MSA Awareness Shoe has visited over a dozen countries across the world. Click the link below to learn more about the mission and story behind the Shoe.
Dubbed by Rolling Stone, the Rock n' Roll Chef, Kerry Simon (RIP) holds the MSA Shoe. Kerry passed away from MSA in September 2015.
FEATURED MSA PARTNER
Realizing that much of the current attention is focused on more widely known diseases, Multiple System Atrophy is overlooked. MSA patients are confronted with a dim prognosis and left with few options. Defeat MSA aims to increase AWARENESS, help ALLEVIATE suffering and ADVANCE research toward the cure for MSA!
