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Buy a burger to beat MS

While vehicles line the drive thru, classic cars line the parking lot at Capri Centre for the eighth-annual A&W Canada Burgers to Beat MS Day.

“August 25 is MS Day. All across Canada today, $1 from every teen burger sold will be donated to help end multiple sclerosis. All the proceeds go towards MS research and trying to help beat the disease,” said Graham Mann, area manager.

“Today at Capri Centre we will be having two car show events, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and again from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.”

Mann says everyone is invited down to have a root beer float, enjoy a teen burger for a good cause and enjoy the car show.

“We have classic cars, we have a couple jet boats, we have modified new cars. It is all kinds of cars. All kinds of things that go fast,” said Mann. “Anything flashy, lots of colour, anything to bring people down and raise awareness.”

Last year Canadians helped raise $1.6 million to help beat MS, a number A&W hopes to top this year.

“It's a big success every year,” said Mann. “Every year it gets a little bit better, more and more awareness goes out every year and it just gets a little bit better and better. Donations go up, awareness goes up and hopefully one day we will be able to beat this thing.”

Mann says MS is an important cause.

“MS is a tough disease to have to deal with. I personally know people that have been touched by it,” he said.

“Come down, buy a float, check out the car show, come in and buy some teen burgers and help a great cause.”

Canada has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world, with one in 280 individuals living with MS, making it Canada’s disease.

MS is one of the most common neurological diseases among young adults in the country, attacking the central nervous system, and affecting vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility.



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