The sponsorship campaigns against ALS, in which the city council of Coevorden, among others, went for a walk together for a day, ultimately yielded 20,385 euros. The announcement was made during the city council meeting tonight.
Klein-Gunnewiek sat with her family in the public gallery and received the check: “Thank you for the cooperation”, she says via her tablet. Because of her illness, she is unable to speak. “I am grateful to you.”
The goal was originally to raise 5,000 euros, but that amount had already been adjusted a few times. At the end of the walking campaign it was already known that the counter stood at almost 19,000 euros. The money will go to the ALS Foundation, which conducts research into the causes of muscle disease, among other things.