Emotions run high at today's MS Super Walk in Mill Creek Park
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
If raw numbers could reveal a small part of the late Joe Quinn Jr.’s personality and effect on others, then it’s probably safe to surmise that he left a positive legacy.
“He touched a lot of people,” said Quinn’s son, Joe Quinn III of East Liverpool. “He was a tough-love kind of guy, and everything he said, he meant.”
The elder Quinn’s impact was evident when at least 30 family members and friends formed “Team Quinn” and were among those who participated in today’s 2015 Multiple Sclerosis Super Walk. The event, in its 24th year, got underway in Mill Creek MetroParks’ James L. Wick Jr. Recreation Area off McCollum Road on the West Side.
Quinn’s father was a civil engineer who also served four years in the Army. He died Oct. 22, 2014, at age 52 after having battled MS.
Sponsoring the 4-mile walk through the park was the North Lima-based Multiple Sclerosis Services Agency, an independent, nonprofit business that provides free services to more than 800 registered clients in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.
Offerings include a loan closet containing canes, walkers, wheelchairs, shower chairs, hospital beds and other adaptive devices. Also available are water aquatics three days a week, workshops with neurologists and nurses, a summer picnic in Austintown Township Park and a Christmas party every December, noted Carol A. Danus, the services agency’s vice president and a board member.
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