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Parkinson’s Unity Walk 2025

On April 26, I will participate virtually in the Parkinson’s Unity Walk. You can support me with a donation! I’ll walk in Albuquerque as people walk in Central Park, New York. I walk in memory of Bill Handler—our team name is William the Conqueror in his honor. I also walk in support of Bob VanDale, a college professor and friend. And I walk for all affected by Parkinson’s.

The Parkinson’s Unity Walk is powered by The Michael J. Fox Foundation to raise critical funds for Parkinson’s research and public policy priorities. Please consider supporting my efforts by donating through my fundraising page.

 This year, every dollar you donate through event day will be matched up to $1.5 million—doubling the impact of your gift! Your support helps speed new Parkinson’s treatments and moves us closer to a world without the disease. 

100 percent of the Unity Walk proceeds go directly to The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s high-impact research and policy programs. 

The need is greater than ever!

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22 April 2023

Walking. Germantown. Earth Day.
Parkinson’s Unity Walk.
Walking. Germantown.
I Need to Wake Up – Melissa Etheridge
Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage
Gardner – Rebecca Riots
Earth and Sun – Sharon Burch
Dragonfly – Ziggy Marley
Almost Like Praying – Lin-Manuel Miranda, feat. Artists for Puerto Rico
Wildlife – Nomad
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wind Spirit – Bill Miller
Care for the Land – Eric Bogle
After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Hawai’i ’78 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Fats Domino
The Sky and the Dawn and the Son – Celtic Woman
The Four Legged Ones – Joanne Shenandoah
The Times The Are A-Changin’ – Keb’ Mo’
Whole World – Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding
Earth Children – Walela
New World Water – Mos Def
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Globe All Warming – Niyorah
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
Water Is Life – Wanita Bird
Whose Garden Was This – Tom Paxton
Mother Earth, Our Mother Birthing – Jim & Jean Strathdee
Where Do the Children Play – Cat Stevens
Earth – John McCutcheon
Earth – Lil Dicky
Earth Song – Mary Hopkin
To My Old Brown Earth – Pat Humphries
Mother Nature’s Son – The Beatles
To the Last Whale – Crosby & Nash
Don’t Go Near the Water – Johnny Cash
Go to the Woods – Dar Williams
Happy Earth Day – Meredythe & The Recycle! Kids
Earth Day Every Day – John Denver
Nothing (But) Flowers – Talking Heads
The 3 R’s – Jack Johnson
Hard Day on the Planet – Loudon Wainwright III
The Landscape Is Changing – Depeche Mode
Wake Up America – Miley Cyrus
Rejoice in the Sun – Peter Schickele & Joan Baez
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Mercy Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – Leon Russell
Sun Is Shining – Bob Marley
Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne
Is This the World We Created – Queen
Big Beautiful Planet – Raffi
The Riverkeeper – Tom Chapin
Rainbow Connection – Willie Nelson
Love Song to the Earth – Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Colbie Caillat, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Paul, Leona Lewis, John Rzeznik, Angelique Kidjo, Krewella, Kelsea Ballerini, Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Grimmie, Victoria Justice & Q’orianka Kilcher
Oh, What a World 2.0 – Kacey Musgraves

Played sons through the day. Did not walk this long.

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AdventWord 2022 – November 27 #walk

Parkinson’s Unity Walk 2019, Central Park, New York

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23 April 2022

Walking. Germantown. Parkinson’s Unity Walk (New York).
Scandalize My Name – Paul Robeson
Tourist – Yola
The Golden Canon, Nikola Resanovic – Solaris
Bitter Creek – Eagles
Do You Like the Way – Santana
Fractured Air – Santana
Stars and Stripes Forever – Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic
Poison Ivy – Redbone
Shake – The Gap Band
Step by Step – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Battle Of Aughrim / The Star Above The Garter – Cherish the Ladies
Rollin’ Stone – Johnny Jenkins
Forever Young – Joan Baez
Long Black Veil – The Band
Love Me Do – Badfinger

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Purple flowers – Central Park 30

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27 April 2019
Parkinson’s Unity Walk
Manhattan, New York

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Purple flowers – Central Park 29

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27 April 2019
Parkinson’s Unity Walk
Manhattan, New York

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Parkinson’s Unity Walk

I have registered for the 25th Parkinson’s Unity Walk on Saturday, April 27, 2019, in New York City’s Central Park and I’m reaching out to invite you to join me. I will be walking the team William the Conquerer with Bill Handler and his family. Check out last year’s team photo below.

Over one million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s disease today – a number that continues to grow because every nine minutes, someone is newly diagnosed.

IMG_7298 (2)By joining the Unity Walk, together we can make a difference in the fight against Parkinson’s disease. One hundred percent of donations go directly to research funded by four Parkinson’s disease foundations in the United States. The Parkinson’s Unity Walk (EIN 13-3842415) is the largest single-day grassroots fundraiser for Parkinson’s disease research in the country. In addition to a 1.4-mile wheelchair-accessible walk, it is also a day of community and education.

Please support my fundraising efforts and donate to the Unity Walk for Parkinson’s disease research. To donate, please visit my fundraising webpage by searching for my name.

Whatever you can give will make a difference – every donation adds up. Together, we will find a cure, and I appreciate your support.

Sincerely,

William

P.S.  From my fundraising webpage, you can donate online and join me for the 2019 Parkinson’s Unity Walk. Thanks again for any support you can give.

You can also donate offline. Please make all checks payable and mail to:

Parkinson’s Unity Walk
PO Box 275
Kingston, NJ 08528

*If you donate offline, please include, “William Koenig, 2019 Parkinson’s Unity Walk” on the check memo line.

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