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Student's Charity Helps Parkinson's Research Joseph Mallia December 13, 2003 An East Northport charity founded by a high school student will hold its second annual fund-raising event Saturday afternoon, benefiting Parkinson's disease research. Hundreds of people showed up for a similar Hope for a Cure fund-raiser last year, so founder and president Matthew DePace, 17, decided to hold another. It will take place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the street outside his parents' 11 Rockrose Lane home in East Northport. Donations will go toward Parkinson's research, said his brother, Thomas DePace, 18. "We'll have a living nativity, sing-alongs, a 'magical bonfire' - the fire starts if people believe," Thomas DePace said. "The whole night is centered around magic. We call it our Christmas Spectacular." Those who can't show up can still donate by printing a donation form from the Web site http://www.hopeforacure.org Matthew DePace, now a senior at John Glenn High School in Elmont, created the charity at age 16, after his grandmother's death following a bout with lymphoma. He raised $2,000 this spring, $4,800 last year and $1,710 in 2001. SOURCE: Newsday http://tinyurl.com/z648 Reference: Video Segment - News 12 Long Island (requires Real Player) http://www.hopeforacure.org/news12.rm * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn