Dear All,

I met with our Secretary of State yesterday and received a strong =
endorsement for establish April 11th as Parkinson's Awareness Day here =
in Washington.  I have a contact to work with in his office to try to =
drive this thru for this year.  His office will present the proposal for =
PD day direct to the governor.
Any ideas or plans for the signing?  I believe I read a message on this =
list which had the wording for the proclamation for establishing a PD =
awareness day in another state.  Does anybody recall?  I'm trying to set =
up the Northwest Parkinson's Foundation prior to the April 11th deadline =
and maybe throw its intent and purpose (to help fund the clinic and =
generally raise hell for PD) into the festivities.
If you have any ideas please let me know.

Best regards
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From:   Anne Rutherford [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Saturday, March 07, 1998 6:58 PM
To:     Bill Bell
Subject:        Re: Bob and Joy / Kingston Centre Info?

Hello Bill Bell from Anne Rutherford in Newfoundland
interesting that you are using some of the ideas that the Austraians =
have=20
used to improve the care of PWP. We have tried to follow a similar path=20
to improved care. We used a video made by the UK PDS about their
research program in Romford (  a small city outside London) . The video
gave our ideas a respectable backing.
You may be able to obtain a copy although it is old
You are on the west coast -- the neurologist who started our Movement
disorder clinic moved from here (newfoundland) to Vernon British =
Columbia
He, Dr Terry Curran, was convinced of the importance of the team =
approach
(our name) and spoke  at Parkinson Foundation of Canada meetings

Good luck in setting up a Parkinson centre. Keep the list up to date on
your progress. =20