^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS  FROM^^^^^^^^^^
Ivan Suzman  48/10         [log in to unmask]
Portland, Maine   land of lighthouses  29   deg. F cloudy
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Hi Barb Mallut and List,

I think this is a great idea, and I hope that someone can take this and
run with it.
Or do the parkie shuffle with it.

Speaking of running, hopefully we'll see caregivers and friends
organizing Runs for Parkinson's.

I loved Dale Severance's enthusiasm when he talked about baton passing
from support group to support group across the continent.

I agree that sometimes we're idea people, who can't follow through  BUT,
ideas are the beginnings of great achievements.

Hey, List, guess what--Channel 6 here in Portland, an NBC affiliated
station, called me THURSDAY, and is going to do a half-hour show --an
original one-- on Parkinson's and the Udall Act.  Diane Atwood and Jim
Crocker at WCSH-TV hope to air it in January.

Any suggestions for WCSH-TV would be welcome--I promise to pass them on.

Best to you all,

IVAN




On Sat, 6 Dec 1997 19:49:01 UT Barbara Mallut <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Ivan - Until our collective faces - the "Faces of Parkinson's" - are
>seen as
>INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS we're still going to remain invisible to the
>rest of
>the world.
>
>It's not a major undertaking to have a picture taken of oneself, send
>it to a
>specific post office box,  and then have a calendar or a huge collage
>(I favor
>the latter) made at a printer's and to market the end product.
>
>Someone, or some entity just has to want to take on the chore of this
>project
>- and THAT'S the hard part! (we're great on ideas here, but kinda
>short on
>energy and volunteering!)
>
>Hugs at ya, Ivan....
>
>Barb Mallut
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>From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Ivan M Suzman
>Sent:   Saturday, December 06, 1997 6:19 AM
>To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
>Subject:        Re: APDA Calendar Ideas
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>^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS  FROM^^^^^^^^^^
>Ivan Suzman  48/10         [log in to unmask]
>Portland, Maine   land of lighthouses   34  deg. F sunny
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>Hi Listmembers, Ken and Mary,
>
>Good morning!
>
>I agree with Mary that the APDA calendar is beautiful, and in fact I
>just
>received one that will go on the refrigerator in the kitchen.
>
>The APDA calendar can certainly be fine-tuned to the message of curing
>Parkinson's.  One idea Ii want to go back to is the Unmasking Our
>Faces
>idea I posted several weeks ago.
>
>Someone later posted that we could use the classic Greek comedy and
>tragedy masks in becoming more VISIBLE.
>
>I like that idea--maybe we could brainstorm about a way to incorporate
>OUR FACES into the APDA calendar.
>
>IVAN
>
>On Sat, 6 Dec 1997 01:10:33 EST MPShee <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>Ken,
>>
>>>I also like your calendar idea of showing people with an identifible
>>handicap,
>>but not a horrifying one, explaining how they deal with loss of
>>handwriting or
>>a frozen face, etc.
>>
>>Perhaps after the first of the year we could resume this discussion,
>>review
>>suggestions and present APDA with some calendar ideas that would be
>>more in
>>keeping with their purpose than the scenery and animals they're using
>>now.
>>
>>This would be a small step toward PD awareness, but a small step is
>>better
>>than no step, so keep thinking.
>>
>>Mary
>