• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
South Muskoka Doppler

South Muskoka Doppler

Read Local

  • Home
    • All Stories
    • Community Guidelines
  • COVID-19
  • News
  • Community
  • Commentary
    • Letters
  • Business
    • Professionally Speaking
  • Sports
  • Obituaries
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
  • Events
    • Event Listings
    • Add Your Event
  • Speak Up, South Muskoka!
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • North Muskoka
  • Art Fx
You are here: Home / Community / Trek for Tourette this Saturday in Gravenhurst
Photo by Tourette Canada - Muskoka Resource Unit.

Trek for Tourette this Saturday in Gravenhurst

By Doppler Online On May 24, 2022 Community

Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Share on LinkedIn
Linkedin
Email this to someone
email
Print this page
Print

The Trek for Tourette is a national walkathon to raise awareness and to raise money for Tourette Canada. The Trek takes place at the end of May, as part of Tourette  Syndrome Awareness Month. 

Here in Muskoka, the event takes place Saturday, May 28 with registration beginning at 12:00 pm, and the walk commencing at 1:00 pm.

The Muskoka Trek will take place at Rotary Pavilion – Gull Lake Park, Brock St / Bethune Dr, Gravenhurst.

The first Trek was held in 2009. Over $30,000 has been raised for the Muskoka Trek since its inception. 

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by tics — involuntary,  rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way. The cause has not been established and as yet there is no cure. 

The first case of TS was reported in medical literature in 1825 by Dr. Itard. It was described again in 1883 by Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the French neurologist for whom the disorder was named. 

The Muskoka Tourette Syndrome Support Group meets the second Tuesday of the  month in Bracebridge 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Families and individuals affected by Tourette  Syndrome, educators, and community members are all welcome to attend meetings. See our Facebook page for next meeting location. 

Tourette Canada is a national voluntary organization dedicated to improving the quality  of life for those with or affected by Tourette Syndrome through programs of: education,  advocacy, self-help and the promotion of research. 

Reader Interactions

Join the discussion:

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

All comments are moderated. Please ensure you include both your first and last name and abide by our community guidelines. Submissions that do not include the commenter's full name or that do not abide by our community guidelines will not be published.

Primary Sidebar

Latest Community Stories

Gravenhurst Archway to get historic plaque

June 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

Rotary Club of Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes donates hydration station

June 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

Happy Father’s Day!

June 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

Rainbow benches installed across Muskoka

June 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

Gravenhurst splash pad now open

June 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

  • Recent Stories
  • Popular
  • June 27, 2022 4

    Municipal water and sewer rates going up

  • June 28, 2022 3

    Graydon Smith faces charges laid by private citizen

  • June 24, 2022 2

    Graydon Smith named Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry

  • June 15, 2022 1

    Rollover at Petro-Canada station on Highway 11 in Gravenhurst

  • June 15, 2022 1

    OPP confirm fatality connected with Gravenhurst shooting

  • July 2, 2022 0

    Bonfield man pleads guilty to stealing Bracebridge snowmobiles

  • July 2, 2022 0

    You’ll never take us old folks alive!: Sally Barnes | Commentary 

  • July 1, 2022 0

    Missing man found deceased in Gravenhurst

  • July 1, 2022 0

    GPS parents ask council to address James Street crosswalk concerns

  • July 1, 2022 0

    Two area high school students benefit from Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation grants

  • 2021 Federal Election (1)
  • A Sponsored Profile (6)
  • Advertise (1)
  • Art Fx (13)
  • Breaking (2)

Footer

About Doppler

Established by a bunch of local news hounds, Doppler strives to be the go-to source for people wanting to know more about what is going on their community.

We strive to provide local news that is relevant and timely. We also look to tell local stories that inspire, inform and engage.

Notice the persistent use of the word local? Our mantra is local. South Muskoka Doppler serves the communities of Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes with features on local people doing extraordinary things, local business spotlights, news and sports coverage, all supplemented by provocative opinion pieces on topics near and far. We are working hard for you.

Feel free to drop us a line at matt.driscoll@doppleronline.ca and tell us how we are doing, what you would like to see more of, or to just say ‘Hi’.

Thank you for reading Doppler.

South Muskoka Doppler – READ LOCAL
A division of C3 Digital Media Group Inc.

Bracebridge Ontario Canada
July 2, 2022, 4:20 pm
Sunny
Sunny
23°C
real feel: 23°C
current pressure: 1010 mb
humidity: 35%
wind speed: 6 m/s WNW
wind gusts: 12 m/s
UV-Index: 5
sunrise: 5:35 am
sunset: 9:08 pm
© 2022 AccuWeather, Inc.
 

Recent Comments

  • Jack Frank on Pizza delivery person robbed and assaulted in Gravenhurst
  • Glenn Zavitz on Port Sandfield Marina Marks a Milestone Anniversary
  • Ronald Ritchie on Graydon Smith faces charges laid by private citizen
  • Bob Braan on Graydon Smith faces charges laid by private citizen
  • Wayne Morrison on OPP confirm fatality connected with Gravenhurst shooting
  • Bob Braan on Graydon Smith faces charges laid by private citizen
  • Bob Braan on Municipal water and sewer rates going up
  • Bob Braan on Municipal water and sewer rates going up

Copyright © 2022 ·Doppler Online, a division of C3 Digital Media Group Inc. · Log in
  • About
  • Support Local News
  • Advertise with us!
  • Community Guidelines
  • Contact