To the editor:

On behalf of the more than 100 Islanders with MS and their families and friends, we’d like to thank the several hundred people who walked, volunteered, and/or made a donation to the 2015 National MS Society Walk MS.

With this year’s $80,500 so far, the Bainbridge Island walk has raised $760,000 since 2007 for MS research and services.

For the first time, participants received farmers market bucks and 362 orange wristbands for discounts at 72 local businesses. What a generous place we live!

Many thanks to our pioneer chapter sponsor Virginia Mason Bainbridge, our long-time community sponsors Ihland Garden Dental Care, Island Fitness, Town & Country Markets, Dr. Lucia Vracin and New Motion Physical Therapy.

And, our many in-kind sponsors including the Bainbridge Downtown Association, Inside Bainbridge, Starbucks, BonBon, Columbia Bank, the city of Bainbridge Island staff, Bainbridge Island Zero Waste, Bainbridge Island Amateur Radio, Rotary Club, Integrated Wellness Center, Pretty Stick, Soup’r Burger, Safeway, Bainbridge High School, the HEP Replacements, BHS Band and Pane d’Amore.

And a special thanks to the sun for ignoring the forecast!

Looking forward to our 10th annual walk next April.

TRUDE AND MIKE LISAGOR

Bainbridge Island