Billed as the world's largest yoga fundraiser, on Sunday, March 7, thousands of Canadians will join the Power of Movement 2010 to raise money for critical arthritis research. Since the fundraiser's inception just four years ago, Power of Movement has raised almost $400,000 benefiting 4.5 million Canadians who live with arthritis and autoimmune diseases.
Throughout the day of March 7, large-scale Power of Movement yoga "mega-sessions" will take place in 10 cities coast-to-coast including Vancouver, Nanaimo, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, Montreal and Halifax. There's still time for Canadians to register to participate in a yoga mega-session and start collecting pledges.
Funds raised in 2010 will benefit arthritis and autoimmune disease research priorities across Canada, through the Arthritis & Autoimmunity Research Centre (AARC) Foundation, one chapter of The Arthritis Society (TAS) and the Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN).
For more information on arthritis and related autoimmune disorders that may affect musculoskeletal health, see Arthritis & Autoimmune on the Power of Movement 2010 site and also beatarthritis.ca Arthritis & Autoimmunity Research Center Foundation.
