This coming week is full of exciting plans because Saturday is the UVA homecoming game against North Carolina. Although, football brings joy to many people, this week UVA will be bringing joy to those with Parkinson's Disease. Pancakes for Parkinson's is a fundraiser started by a UVA student that raises money for Team Fox. Normally this event, is a one day outing where UVA students flip Pancakes in order to raise money for the disease, but this year the fundraiser is expanding. This year Pancakes for Parkinson's will hold a four day fundraiser: October 13th is "Pig-Out for Parkinson's" from 5:30 to 8:30 at the Corner Crawl on the corner, October 15th is "Polo for Parkinson's" (time and location were not disclosed on website) , October 16th is "Pancakes for Parkinson's" on the Lawn from 9 am to 1pm and to celebrate the end of the festivities is "Party for Parkinson's" on October 17th from 8pm to 11pm at the Bar Night at Backyard. Some of the numerous volunteer positions that students can take part in are pancake flipper/ mixer, donation collector or host. Pancakes for Parkinson's is a huge event at UVA because it brings everyone in the UVA/Charlottesville community together in hopes of raising a lot of money for Parkinson's Disease. Over the past six years, the fundraiser has raised over $150,000. Hopefully, this year the fundraiser will beat their $65,000 goal to give to Team Fox.
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