The annual Parkinson SuperWalk was held Saturday morning in Morden with close to 100 people walking two or five kilometres through the city.

Ron Laverty, whose sister Lenore Laverty organized the event, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2002. He said the walk isn't what's important about events like this, it's the awareness of the disease that matters and the money raised to fight it.

"It's a way of making people aware of the fact that there is research and things like that going on with Parkinson's," said Laverty.

"There's help to be had, so it's not just fundraising, it's the social gathering, the information sharing and things like that that are all important also."

One man, who was walking with his niece, sister, and mother, was doing so in memory of his father who died last year of Parkinson's.

Kevin Butler said the event was especially meaningful to him because of the close connection he had with the disease.

"We decided to make the time and make the effort and raise money for Parkinson's," Butler said.

"[This walk] means a lot," he said, "because we wanted to do it last year with Dad, it just never worked out with our schedules, but we're doing it this year in memory of him."

As of Saturday morning, the group had raised over $30,000 to find a cure for Parkinson's Disease. Altona's Karen Braun was declared the top fundraiser in Manitoba, bringing in approximately $5,500.