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Here's a cheer for Team Parkinson! John Ball, who has been a person with Parkinson's for over 20 years, began running the LA Marathon in the mid-1990's. Inspired by him and by the Unity Walk, a bunch of us set up Team Parkinson as one of the 50 official charities of the LA Marathon. Ken Aidekman and Margot Zobel of the Unity Walk and Carol Walton of the Parkinson's Alliance helped get it started and have been enormously generous with their help and advice. Mignone Trenary set things up the first year. From then on, Edna Ball has carried the ball (pardon the pun). Actually she has carried the torch to New York, Washington, Spokane, San Diego, and San Francisco, where people have sponsored friends and families who have run marathons in those cities. Our goals are to raise money for research for the cure, and to encourage communication among the various PD organizations. Thanks to Margaret and Marty Tuchman, 100% of our net proceeds go directly to fund research. Several people with Parkinson's have run or walked the full 26.2 miles, and many cyclists and 5-K walkers have earned "Finisher" t-shirts as well. Sponsorships have come in from every direction. If you're in the Los Angeles area on Sunday, March 7, come join us at our cheering section near the Staples Center on Olympic and Georgia. Please check our website: www.teamparkinsonla.org and sponsor the team, or maybe a team member (like me...) Mary Yost, diagnosed 1990, age 56 today 2000 walked the marathon in just 9.3 hours with constant coaching from nephew Thomas Provost 2002 lost steam and quit at mile 17 2004 still walking but just the 5k and offering a prize to people with PD for Last Place ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn