HPP's 'Second Wave' Team Kicks Off Training for Record-Setting Next Row
SANFORD, Fla., April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- During Parkinson's Awareness Month, a team of female athletes is kicking off training to take on a record-breaking +5,000-mile row down the Mississippi, around Florida, and up the Atlantic Coast to raise funds as part of Team Fox, the grassroots fundraising community of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The "Second Wave" row kicks off Human Powered Potential's new slate of bold imagination-capturing athletic endeavors led by individuals living with Parkinson's disease to raise awareness and funds for a cure.
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