Parkinson’s Community to Raise Funds, Awareness at Moving Day Rochester

Moving Day Rochester: Raising Awareness of Parkinson's Disease, Saturday October 4th, 2025 @ Monroe Community College.

The Parkinson’s Foundation will host its annual Moving Day Rochester on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at Monroe Community College. The in-person event is one of 29 community events taking place across the U.S. this fall. Funds raised through Moving Day will support cutting- edge research, care and education programs to improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and their families.

Moving Day Rochester is a celebration of movement and exercise—proven to help manage PD symptoms. At Moving Day Rochester, community members come together to experience how movement can help as well as to learn about available resources and other therapies that can benefit them. This is a tremendous opportunity for reconnecting and sharing the camaraderie of the PD community.

Since 2011, Moving Day events across have raised more than $42 million supporting the Parkinson’s Foundation mission to make life better for people with PD.

WHO: The Parkinson’s Foundation is expecting more than three hundred attendees, including people with Parkinson’s disease, and their families; health professionals; local businesses. Members of the press are invited to attend. Available for interview: Amy DiPrima, 585-969-7277, or adiprima@parkinson.org

WHEN: Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 9:00 AM

WHERE: Monroe Community College Lot G, 1000 E Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY 14623

RSVP to: Amy DiPrima, Development Manager, 585-969-7277, or adiprima@parkinson.org

About the Parkinson’s Foundation:

The Parkinson’s Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. In everything we do, we build on the energy, experience and passion of our global Parkinson’s community. Since 1957, the Parkinson’s Foundation has invested more than $425 million in Parkinson’s research and clinical care. Connect with us on Parkinson.org, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or call 1-800-4PD-INFO (1-800-473-4636).

About Parkinson’s Disease:

Affecting an estimated one million Americans and 10 million worldwide, Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s and is the 14th-leading cause of death in the U.S. It is associated with a progressive loss of motor control (e.g., shaking or tremor at rest and lack of facial expression), as well as non-motor symptoms (e.g., depression and anxiety). There is no cure for Parkinson’s and 90,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in the U.S. alone.