Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76.
"You only live once, and you only get certain opportunities one time," Jackson Minter, whose MS diagnosis at 13 was rare for his age, said.
A large group of women gathered at the Union League Club of Chicago Thursday to raise money for multiple sclerosis research.
"I'm probably not going to work on-camera again," Applegate said.
To date, Walk MS participants, volunteers and donors across the country have helped to raise over $1 billion to stop MS in its tracks.
The special ceremony marked the actress' first public appearance since she shared her multiple sclerosis diagnosis last year.