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Note: this revised release: Show is now 2-day, 2-part program. More guests on board. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Alison Landes 561.395.8424 On April 11, 2003, World Parkinson's Disease Day, grass roots charity to be featured on S.FL station WNN 1470 AM "Good Work" Radio Show, accessible world-wide via the Internet WHO: Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc. (TCCP), founder, Alison Landes, will be joined by Morton Kondracke, author of Saving Milly: Love, Politics and Parkinson's Disease, Diane Murphy PhD, Program Director, Neurodegeneration Group of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS), Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali's wife, and Tom Berdine, president of Young Onset Parkinson's Association, on South Florida radio program, "Good Work". The program is hosted by non-profit fundraising consultants, Joy Siegel and Cliff Weidberg, and moderated by radio personality, Ron Hersey. WHAT: TCCP will share information about available resources and how people can support a ground-swell of grass roots efforts with national impact on this special 2-day, 2-part program. For additional information log on to: http://www.cureparkinsons.org WHEN: Good Work airs Friday April 11, 2003, 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., the sixth annual World Parkinson's Disease Day and Wednesday April 16, 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. WHERE: 1470 AM radio in South Florida and world-wide via the Internet at http://www.WNNHealthTalkRadio.com . Click on listen-live. HIGHLIGHTS: Morton Kondracke, executive editor of Roll Call newspaper, co-host of Fox TV- The Beltway Boys, board member of Michael J. Fox Foundation and Parkinson Action Network will share insights and perspectives on Parkinson's. TCCP founder, Alison Landes, whose sister, Fran Landes, was diagnosed in 1998 in her mid- forties, will be in the studio along with Parkinson's patient, Maria James, a 41-year old mother of three, diagnosed at 32, and board member, Barbara Taege. Landes, Taege, and James will speak about TCCP's local, national and international outreach that is increasing awareness of Parkinson's disease, raising funds for research to find a cure and improving quality of life in the community. Tune-in, hear about scientific developments, the Parkinson's Bracelet of Hope, the Poetic Medicine Workshop, the traveling art-poetry exhibit, "With Parkinson's, Don't Order the Soup," to be hosted in cities nationwide by Parkinson's advocates in partnership with support groups, hospitals, national, regional and local sponsors. Hear how you can become a Friend of Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's - take charge, take action - tune in to 1470 AM radio in South Florida or visit http://www.RealTalkRadio.com on Friday April 11 at 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. - end - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn