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What does it mean to "verify email identities"? >From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: tulips are (mainely) us! >Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:11:20 -0500 > >hi all > >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/ > >in the December, 2000, issue of the >Journal of the Maine Parkinson Society, >Karen Bardo reported: > >"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 > > > >? > > > > > >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/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com