Cure SMA Walk-n-Roll Raises Over $130K in Hingham

Nine hundred people participated in the 13th Annual Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy New England Chapter Cure SMA Walk-n-Roll at Wompatuck State Park last month. Early reports indicate this year's walk raised over $130,000, a $20,000 improvement on the 12th annual walk.

The annual event raises money to find a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a group of inherited motor nerve diseases that cause muscle weakness and atrophy.

The wheel-chair-friendly walk travels along a 1.5-mile paved path at the park.

Silvia and Brian Murphy, of Norwell, started the walk in 2001, after losing two infants to SMA. The Norton family of Braintree and the Farrell family of Quincy joined the planning group a few years later.

View more photos from the event at the Team Norton Facebook page and learn more about FSMA at FMSA.org.