Dear List Members,
If anyone knows someone in Florida, please forward this to them. We need the
support of the Parkinson's community and advocates, for this event. If
people can afford to pay $50 and $55 for the bus, we hope they will do so. If not,
please note the special rate indicated in the body of this email. If people
were attending this event individually, they would have to pay $19 to view the
Vatican exhibit.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"With Parkinson's, Don't Order the Soup," an art and poetry exhibit
on display along with "St. Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes."
Charter buses will make trip easier for those who don't drive at night.
South Florida- Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc. has arranged a unique
opportunity for guests to see "With Parkinson's, Don't Order the Soup," along with
"Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes." The Parkinson's art
and poetry exhibit was on display in the Russell Senate Office Building
rotunda, sponsored by the late Senator Paul D. Wellstone. "Harrington's poems are
incredibly compelling," said Morton Kondracke, advisory committee member of
Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc., caregiver to his wife Milly, and author of
Saving Milly: Love, Politics and Parkinson's disease. Bill Harrington and
Lillian Dyck share their strength, hope and humor as well as an intimate look at
their darker emotions with the public to help us learn and be aware of the
challenges. "Bill Harrington's words are poignant, candid and filled with wisdom,"
said Alison Landes, who founded TCCP in December 1999, approximately a year
after her sister, Fran Landes, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in her
mid-forties.
Who: Special guests include Mayor Jim Naugle, Mayor Diana Wasserman-Rubin,
and Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, M.D., F.A.C.P., Director of Movement Disorders
Program and Neurology Residency Program at Cleveland Clinic Florida. Sean
Kenniff, M.D. health producer of WFOR (channel 4)(CBS) news and Rose Lee Archer of
the Rose Lee Archer Show will keep the program moving, referencing the exhibit
and the Parkinson's Resolution initiated and drafted by TCCP, which with the
support of several South Florida mayors, was passed by the 71st Annual Meeting
of the United States Conference of Mayors. Quality of life issues will be
acknowledged in addition to scientists' belief that a cure is possible within this
decade with adequate funding for research. Other special guests, including
young onset patients will be present. This program is supported by Pfizer,
Inc., manufacturer of Mirapex and Dacra Development.
What: A collaborative art and poetry exhibit by Bill Harrington, poet, age
47, diagnosed at 29, and
Lillian Dyck, artist, 70, diagnosed at 49 expresses the full range of
emotions accompanying diagnosis with a chronic debilitating disease. The exhibit will
be on display with Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes
during this special event. Bill Harrington wrote poetry, seriously, after a suicide
attempt arising from his despair following upon his discovery that, before
his thirtieth birthday, he had Parkinson's disease. Lillian Dyck found her art
an apt medium for the expression of the emotional and psychological impact of
the disease.
Live music by Julie Nissa Bloch and assorted hors d'oeuvres, libations,
coffee and dessert, generously donated by Brasserie Las Olas, Casa D'Angelo, Las
Olas River House and Red Coral are included in the ticket price. Round-trip
charter buses are available.
Where: Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, One East Las Olas Blvd., Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 33301
When: Wednesday, November 12, 2003
7:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Why: The exhibit is a wake up call about the quality of life issues that
are so important to the 1.5 million people and 50,000 diagnosed annually and
particularly to the young onset person diagnosed in their 20s, 30s or 40s, in
their prime earning years and the importance of funding for research to find a
cure. Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc. is sponsoring exercise and yoga
classes for people with Parkinson's. TCCP has also donated the funds to bring The
Ali Project to the Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorder Center of Boca
Raton, making it the 5th center nationwide to gather, store and share
information with researchers and clinicians to facilitate research efforts to find a
cure and improve treatment of symptoms for quality of life. Monies raised from
this event will be directed to local support services and funding of research
projects.
How: Cost: $50 without bus or $55 with bus. People suffering with the
symptoms and expense of living with Parkinson's, we need you there and are
offering a special rate of $35 w/o bus and $40 with bus, per person, for you and
your caregiver. Make checks payable to Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc. and
mail to 1489 W. Palmetto Park Road, Suite 442, Boca Raton, Florida 33486.
Reservations and point of departure: In Broward County call Susan Miller at
954.920.8739 or Cathy Ali-Bocas at 954.431.3460. Delray Beach call Jan Abramson at
561.495.6671 or Harvey DeVeau at 561.637.3711. In Highland Beach call Ernie
Horowitz at 561.278.0097. In Boynton Beach and West Palm Beach call Aaron Kahn
at 561.742.3350. In Boca Raton call Olga Koval at 561.483.9152 or Robin Porter
at 561.477.3439. All other locations please call 561.620.1970, log on to
www.cureparkinsons.org or e-mail [log in to unmask]
Alison Landes
Founder/ President
Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc.
1489 W. Palmetto Park Road Suite 442
Boca Raton, Florida 33486
Tel: 561.620.1970
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web site: www.cureparkinsons.org
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