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>From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: tulips are (mainely) us!
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:11:20 -0500
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>hi all
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>my concern over verifying e-mail identities recently
>has serendipitously (?) resulted in a rewarding connection
>with the Maine Parkinson Society (MEPS) through
>Karen Bardo, President, and Harold Jones, Secretary.
>
>annual tulip bulb sales have long been a major fund raiser
>for the parkinson organisations in canada, starting with Ottawa,
>the nation's capital, in the mid-eighties, and boosted by
>Anne Rutherford of Newfoundland and her energy and inspiration
>in 1988 (co-incidentally - the year i was diagnosed)
>
>some of the tulip/parkinson history
>is outlined on the Newfoundland/Labrador site at:
>http://www.geocities.com/nwfndlnd/
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>in the December, 2000, issue of the
>Journal of the Maine Parkinson Society,
>Karen Bardo reported:
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>"28,800 Dr. James Parkinson tulip bulbs were ordered this year, topping
>last year's total of 8,400. Parkinson bulbs have been sent to Wisconsin,
>Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and
>Oklahoma."
>
>the journal article goes on to list the vast array of individuals and
>corporations who made the tulip project such a success, such as Lynn
>MacGregor, Linda Abbott, Paul McClay, Kathy Puff, Audrey Latella, Tom
>Perry, Carl Barker, Peter Price, Nance Braun, and Paul Kavanich, just to
>name a very few.
>
>Harold Jones states, in the Maine Parkinson Society's plan for 2001, "MEPS
>adopted the tulip as a symbol of Parkinson's disease and hope, as has been
>done in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. A tulip lapel pin has been
>reproduced and has proven popular as a symbol and fund raiser.
>
>"In 1999, 8,400 Dr. James Tulip bulbs were ordered from Holland and sold by
>MEPS in Maine. 'Gardens of Hope' were planted in 10 places with appropriate
>signage, promoting tulips as a symbol of PD. In 2000, 26,000 Dr. James
>Parkinson tulip bulbs were sold by MEPS. Many more 'Gardens of Hope' were
>planted in several communities in Maine.
>
>"Word of mouth provided tulip bulb orders from six other states. Major
>companies like Bath Iron Works, Central Maine Power Company, Fleet Bank,
>Merrill Merchants Bank, Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Savings Bank, and
>Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield allowed tulip bulb sales to their employees.
>Significant progress has been made in raising funds and awareness of
>Parkinson's disease in Maine."
>
>In a personal note to me over the holidays, Harold Jones says, "We tip our
>hat to Canada on the success that we are having in promoting the tulip to
>raise awareness of PD.
>
>"Our state capitol buildings are having a mojor reconstruction so our
>tulips won't be there until next fall. Maine's busiest traffic circle is
>one block from the Capitol complex.
>
>"A bank, with a National Historic Register building and beautifully
>landscaped grounds, is on that circle. They planted 1,600 Dr. James
>Parkinson tulips around their fence next to the circle.
>
>"During blooming season, we will have a large banner on the fence to raise
>awareness of PD through the tulip symbol.
>
>"The above garden is our largest 'Garden of Hope'. We had 10 'Gardens of
>Hope' this spring, and we will have about 30 in Maine public places next
>spring. We had word of mouth tulip orders from six other states this year,
>and Vermont asked for our source of bulbs.
>
>"In marketing, symbols are very important. I hope this can be expanded to
>all states and provinces, so that PD will gain the awareness which it
>deserves."
>
>the tulip as a symbol for pd means a lot to me personally
>
>ottawa (45km away) is the recipient of massive numbers of dutch tulips each
>year, displayed during their annual tulip festival, as thanks from the
>dutch royal family for providing shelter during the second world war.
>
>my father served in the canadian army signal corps at that time, and was
>treated to amazing hospitality and gratitude in holland at the end of the
>war
>
>i share harold's hope about the tulip as a pd symbol
>
>janet
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>janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie
>53 now / 44 dx cd / 43 onset cd / 41 dx pd / 37 onset pd
>TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
>EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/

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