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MARY, HOW GOOD TO SEE A POSTING FROM YOU.IO I'VE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN A WALK OR MARATHON.HAVE PROBABLY WAITED TOO LONG, BUT I HOPE TO PARTICIPATE IN TTHE UNITY WALK IN NEW YORK.I'M NOW USING A WALKER---THE LAST MONTHS HAVE BEEN THE PITS AT TIMES. ----- Original Message ----- BUT IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE I'LL BE THERE. GOOD LUCK TO YOU . LORRAINE JEFFE From: Mary Yost <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:12 PM Subject: Team Parkinson in Los Angeles > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn