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Yes, and what can we name it? Whats a good name for this walk, which could coincide with Canada's schedule. The North American Walk for Parkinsons? N.A.W.K......Walk the Nawk! If you cant talk the talk, walk the Nawk! Give me some ideas, folks! This CAN BE DONE! Jeff Bayard Help Find the Cure! http://dialforacure.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Hercun" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: Re: Superwalks / Point Me in the Right Direction > 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. 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