Absolutely splendid! You must be very special to have done so much!  Great
Job!!
maryhelen

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From: "Joan Snyder" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:08 AM
Subject: on friday, the 16th of december,


> i was honored to host a reception/presentation/press conference for Dr.
> Craig Cady, a noted and brilliant stem cell researcher in Peoria, IL at
> Bradley University. altho invited, Governor Rod Blagoojevich has not
> been able to break away from Chicago to make a tour of this marvelous
> lab. (i have been bothering his poor aide in scheduling by calling him
> two times a week for the past 6 months-adhering to that old "it's the
> sqeeky wheel that gets the oil" form of politicing!) we were thrilled
> some months ago when he announced that he had earmarked $10 million
> dollars for stem cell research and we are hoping to generate interest in
> Dr. Cady's research to funnel some of that money to central Illinois
> rather than see it all go to Chicago. So far, I have not been able to
> get him to make the trip down to Peoria. The state's two Senators, whom
> I am friendly with (Barrak Obama & Dick Durbin) as well as my US
> Congressmen friends (Lane Evans & Ray LaHood) were still in session and
> unable to attend. But we had an a wonderful turnout without the "big
> gun" politicians. State Rep. David Leitch, Dr. Dick Lister, Dr. Robert
> Bolla, and lots of the Board of Regents as well as the proviso of
> Bradley were there. Also the press turned out in legion. and so did
> representatives from United Way,Community Foundation, PeoriaNEXT!, U of
> I Collage of Medicine, the head of the Movement Disorder Clinic at
> Methodist Hospital and concert promoter Jay Goldberg were all in
> attendence. the setting was the Bradley Student Center's Alumni Dining
> Room and started at 10:30 in a festive setting of red, green & gold
> ribbon, candy canes & candles. i had the opportunity to thank all those
> who had helped me plan, organize and pull off CALIPSO'S Shake, Rattle &
> Roll for Parkinson's Disease. Then I presented awards to some of the
> main players in my fundraising efforts. Finally, I was able to present
> to Dr. Craig Cady, two checks; one for $1.060 raised in England by Peter
> and Nancy Boot at their fundraiser for PD called "Fill Your Head With
> Rock" concert. they had visited Dr. Cady's lab while in town for S,R&R
> and were so impressed that they went home and raised the money that he
> was thrilled to recieve. i then had the distinct pleasure to award Dr.
> Cady with a check for $10,000 from Calipso's first 'keep the funds
> local' fundraising attempt. i cannot tell you the high hopes and the
> strength of commitment to finding a cure for PD that emminated from that
> gathering. i am including this blurb from the Peoria Journal Star:
>
> /The Stem Cell Research Lab and Dr. Craig Cady received more than
> $11,000 Friday - $1,060 from Pete and Nancy Boot and $10,000 from the
> recent "Shake, Rattle and Roll for Parkinson's Disease" fund-raiser./
>
> /"Most people don't realize how hard it is," Cady said in receiving the
> funds. "Many of the people helping in this fund-raiser suffer from
> Parkinson's disease."/
>
> /Cady, concert promoter Jay Goldberg and State Rep. David Leitch cited
> Joan Blessington Snyder, who spearheaded the effort despite her own
> battle with the disease. Leitch says, "Clearly, there could be no
> greater advocate in the country for research on Parkinson's disease."
> /
>
> A heartfelt thank you to all who helped and attended this funciton and
> the earlier event.
>
>
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> Joan Blessington Snyder   54/14
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