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Good Morning, Murr- You Canadians appear to be ahead of us in this regard. I have participated in the Unity Walk in NYC, and that is awesome, so I imagine a nation-wide Superwalk would be...well, spectacular. I haven't been much of an activist, sitting quietly in my little corner of Connecticut, BUT since I am currently jobLESS, indirectly due to my PD and have more time than money, and little to do but work on my unsold manuscripts, maybe this is the time to start. I feel like that Peter Finch character in that movie where he's screaming out the window that he's not going to take it anymore. I haven't a clue how to begin, so if someone with more politcal savvy can point me the right direction... Carole Hercun P.S. And let's be positive, folks. I don't need a godzillion replies saying I don't know what I'm talking about. I DON'T know what I'm talking about, so help me out. --- Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good Morning Carole, Meg, SuperWalkers, and All... > > SuperWalk for Parkinson’s raised nearly a million bucks > in Canada last year and will easily surpass that this > year... > > To put this into perspective... There are approx. 100,000 > Canadians with Parkinson's so that is about $10 for each > Parkie raised by the people with Parkinson's in a single > coast to coast event... > > In the US there are more than 1,000,000 Parkies so a > similar national walk could raise $10,000,000.00! > > And... this essentially would constitute "new money", not > trying to get a bigger piece of the existing pie at the > "expense" of some other disorder... > > here are the links... > > SuperWalk for Parkinson’s > http://www.superwalk.com/main.html > > Walking towards a cure... pledging to make a difference. > > SuperWalk for Parkinson's is PSC's single-most important > national awareness and fundraising event. Through > individual > and corporate pledges, the 2001 walk was the most > successful ever, raising over $925,000. The 2002 event > will take place this coming September in 60 sites across > Canada... > http://www.eldertreks.com/newsletters/may2002/maypark.html > > Go out and walk, meet your family and friends on a sunny > Saturday morning in the park, raise funds... > > SuperWalk is Win Win... > > SuperWalk started in Ontario about 1991 and gradually > grew... > > I've walked in Stanley Park in Vancouver every year since > 1995, > I think... > > I know of some walks in the US already... (Unity Walk in > NYC, > walk on the Mall in Washington DC,) but I think there is > plenty of > room for a national US SuperWalk... > > It's really up to you Meg, and you Carole, and you and > you > and you... the people... > > The ball is rolling... I will come down and walk... let's > get this > done... > > Some stories... > > SuperWalk on Sept. 28 battles Parkinson's > http://www.simcoe.com/sc/barrie/story/584738p-717111c.html > > Lloyd Stamp walks the walk in fight for Parkinson's cure > http://www.therecord.com/news/news_02090485734.html > > Superwalk on Saturday helps raise funds for research > into Parkinson's disease... > http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/news_02092683120.html > > Superwalk for Parkinson's battles crippling disease > http://www.mississauganews.com/mi/news/story/606879p-742011c.html > > * * * > > AND... in NYC... > The 2002 Parkinson's Unity Walk Raises More than > $1,000,000! > http://www.unitywalk.org/ > > cheers ....... murray > > On 27 Sep 2002 at 7:51, Carole Hercun wrote: > > > Meg, > > I think a nation-wide superwalk would be great. > Anything we > > can do to help implement it? I also like this notion of > > whapping people on the side of the head ;)) Carole > > > > --- Meg Duggan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Thanks everyone for information about Superwalks. I > live > > > in Kansas City. We > > > do LOTS of events here and I think, have made a real > > > difference in awareness > > > etc... I am interested in bringing the notion of > > > superwalks to the National > > > Parkinson Foundation who is interested in doing some > kind > > > of national event. > > > I think ALL of us should do something together and > really > > > whap people on the > > > head. Meg > > > > > * * * > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn