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YOU GO, GIRL!!! Ditto to Team Parkinson's! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: mary yost <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> 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?"