{"id":48,"date":"2011-11-15T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/?p=48"},"modified":"2011-11-15T11:00:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T16:00:10","slug":"founder-of-new-jersey-walks-for-ts-learned-from-cousin-with-ts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/founder-of-new-jersey-walks-for-ts-learned-from-cousin-with-ts\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder of New Jersey Walks For TS learned from cousin with Tourette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/walk-logo.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62 alignright\" title=\"walk logo\" src=\"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/walk-logo.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>My name is Emily Carrara, and I am 18 and from New Jersey. The past few years of my life have been crazy. At the age of 11,\u00a0I learned that my cousin had Tourette&#8217;s. When\u00a0I was 16, he showed me a documentary he filmed and put together himself on his life with Tourette&#8217;s. It was clips from when he was younger, now and his family.<\/p>\n<p>I contacted the <a href=\"https:\/\/njcts.org\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome<\/a> (NJCTS) because\u00a0I was so touched by my cousin&#8217;s story\u00a0and wanted to do something. I told them I wanted to do a walk to raise awareness for TS.<\/p>\n<p>I started working on it\u00a0in June 2010, going into my junior year of\u00a0high school. I raised more than $27,000, and I had more than 300 walkers attend. I organized the first walk (5k) for TS, and I am proud to say that I am going to turn it into an\u00a0annual thing.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a learning experience and has changed my confidence level. It has gotten me closer with my cousins, and the experience of teaching others about this misunderstood disease has been personally rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s walk is Saturday, Nov. 19, and\u00a0my goal is to raise $50,000. I hope it is bigger than last year! I am so thankful for everyone who has supported me. My knowledge of TS is growing every day, and I am open to anyone for talking and learning more about it.<\/p>\n<p><em>More information about the second annual New Jersey Walks For TS event at Borough Park in Mendham, N.J., is available by visiting <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.active.com\/donate\/MendhamWalksForTS\">http:\/\/www.active.com\/donate\/MendhamWalksForTS<\/a>.<\/strong> And come back tomorrow\u00a0(Wednesday, Nov. 16) to Teens4TS\u00a0for the story of her cousin, T.J.\u00a0who filmed the documentary!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Emily Carrara, and I am 18 and from New Jersey. 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