Why 17 Branches
Our founder, a Person With Parkinson’s, lives in the Arizona desert
Only a few feet from her house is a beautiful saguaro cactus with 17 branches. Coincidently, her birth year and the year Parkinson’s disease was discovered both add up to 17.
17 Branches was founded as a not-for-profit organization with the mission to raise money to fund Parkinson’s research and outreach programs. The goal is to help find a cure and to assist those in our communities in need throughout their journey with this progressive neurological disease.
To read more about our founder’s journey, please visit our Podcasts section which includes all episodes she hosts from The Parkinson’s Experience podcast.