In 2010, Multiple Sclerosis Australia (MSA) will be operating the 31st annual MS Readathon. The MS Readathon is Australia's premier reading-based fundraiser which encourages Australians to read books, learn about multiple sclerosis (MS) and raise funds to help people living with MS. With no known cause or cure for MS, this annual event has become one of the largest fundraisers for MS Australia.

Each year the MS Readathon inspires Australians to help people living with MS by collecting sponsorship from family and friends for the reading they do in a 30 day period. All participants who complete the program receive a Certificate and reading rewards.

Fast Facts on MS
-MS affects three times as many women as men
-The average age of diagnosis is just 30
-87% of people diagnosed are of working age
-80% of people with MS lose their job within 10 years of diagnosis
-MS is a chronic, often disabling disease that randomly attacks the central nervous system
-MS is a lifelong disease for which a cure is yet to be found.
-Researchers are making discoveries in treating and understanding MS everyday
-Australians with MS pay $160 million per year out of their own pockets in health costs