The Annual Walk/Run for Celiac Disease that is held in Minnesota, is a fundraiser for the University of Maryland Baltimore's Center for Celiac Research. This organization has made great strides in celiac research within the last 10 years, including conducting a prevalence study that discovered 1 in 133 Americans have celiac disease.  Before this study, doctors estimated celiac struck 1 in approximately 5,000! 

Ultimately the organization wants to do the research to make the lives of people living with celiac disease as good as it can be.  Someday their work may include a vaccine or medication to help celiacs tolerate gluten.  For more information on all of the areas in which the Celiac Center is researching, you can find out more on UMB's website. With your help we can make a difference.

Your donation to this event not only goes to help UMB's Celiac Center, but Twin Cities ROCK can keep up to 25% of the event net proceeds to fund educational efforts here in Minnesota, including putting on this fundraiser walk/run and Gluten Free Food Expo each year.  Please help in our quest to raise awareness and money for celiac disease because the more people know about it the better off we all are!   Donate Now