YOU GO, GIRL!!!   Ditto to Team Parkinson's!

Barb Mallut
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From: mary yost <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Saturday, March 04, 2000 2:39 PM
Subject: TEAM PARKINSON at the LA Marathon


>Dear Everyone,
>
>
>Here's what's happening with Team Parkinson:
>
>Today is the last day of the Whole Life Expo at the LA Convention
Center
>where 80,000 people will be wandering by the Team Parkinson
booth.  A
>number of them have volunteered on the spot to join the team and
to raise
>money for research.  All the major U.S. Parkinson's organizations
have
>provided hand-outs and the booth is staffed by APDA and NPF
coordinators,
>as well as volunteers.  Thanks to Linda Squires of Cedar Sinai
for
>organizing it, and thanks to Edna Ball, caregiver extraordinaire,
for
>making it possible by  donating the fees.
>
>
>Tomorrow -- Sunday, March 5, rain or shine -- Team Parkinson will
weather
>the LA Marathon.  Around 150 people will walk, run or cycle 26
miles, or
>walk the Motrin 5K which starts a little later.  They will be
wearing
>bright teal Team Parkinson T-shirts (thanks to Jim Warsaw's
donation).
>
>
>It's not too late to sign up for the Motrin 5K.  Register at the
LA
>Convention Center starting at 8am on Sunday.  The walk starts at
9:30 from
>there.  So go to the end of the pack, where Carol Walton will
have a sign,
>so the Team can at least start out together. It's an easy route:
"1 hour
>round trip with a stop for a brew in the middle" says my brother
the
>mathematician.
>
>
>If you are anywhere near the Los Angeles area, please come cheer
us on.
>The Marathon assigned us a spot between mile 25 and 26: the
corner of
>Wilshire and Valencia. It happens to be a block west of Good
Samaritan
>Hospital.  The Marathon also provided us with a band, and there
will be
>snack food and water.  Across the street and down a block,
there's a
>charming little restaurant (La Parrilla, 1300 Wilshire Blvd.)
which used to
>be Charlie Chaplin's home.  They've reserved a room for us from 2
to 6 so
>we can have a little party after most of the runners have gone
by.  Thanks
>to Sheralyn Richardson and Edna Ball for being the prime movers
and
>shakers, even though they don't have PD.
>
>
>Because so many streets are blocked off for the Marathon, it's
been tricky
>to figure out parking and accessibility.  Call our toll-free
number, and
>we'll update you as soon as we can:  1-877-735-2864.
>
>
>This has been such a rich experience so far.  Mignone Trenary of
Hoag
>Hospital, Ken Aidekman and Margot Zobel of the  Parkinson's Unity
Walk, and
>Carol Walton of the Parkinson's Alliance have pulled this
together so
>beautifully.  When we start off tomorrow morning, whatever
happens, we will
>have already won.
>
>Mary F. Yost, 52, diagnosed 42, first time marathon walker
> and her entourage, "Aunt Fanny's Family" --
> walking along: Coach & nephew Thomas Provost, son and bride
Colin & Moana
> 5K walkers & cheerleaders, nieces & brothers: Margaret Conroy,
Connie
>Hall, Jim & Tony Provost
>
>Tales of Team Parkinson will be posted soon:  John Ball
addressing the LA
>Roadrunners, Tom Brown raising money at an Irish Pub, Marty
Polonsky doing
>the 5K upright, Richard Bohn's last minute impulse to make
breakfast
>yielding $600, and any that others of you would like to write.
>
>OVERHEARD AT THE EXPO: "'Team Parkinson'?  Does that mean you
sign up to
>GET Parkinson's?"