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alison i think this is a brilliant idea, and would like to do all i can to assist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hilary Alison Landes wrote: >Dear Morton, >We told many people via word of mouth and/or email to watch the film on CBS >last night. It was well done and a moving tribute to Milly, you and your >daughters. Milly's spirit, spunk and gentle kindness live on in the hearts of >many who knew her, met her briefly and many more now who have come to know her >through this movie. > >Thank you for sharing your story and driving home the realities of this >cruel disease, the symptoms of which are incomprehensible to all those who are >spared the experience in their own lives. > >A suggestion: If there is talk or plans to reproduce the film on DVD, >copies could be sent to each member of Congress and Senate, and our state >representatives, as a reminder. To make it more powerful, let's include a personal >letter written by someone in the Parkinson's community. Ideally the person >would be one of their constituents, who along with the DVD and letter, would >send a photo, telling their own personal story. > >A press release/story could be sent out informing the general public of this >effort, asking for volunteers to write letters and interviewing in the >national and local media, newspapers, radio and television, several >representatives receiving the DVD's and letters, and the People With Parkinson's and/or >their CarePartners, writing them. > >It would be a way to involve and make real the stories of people in our >midst, who are living with and battling the symptoms of Parkinson's. How many >people are single, living alone and/or without the means to have assistance at >home to help out? For the person with young-onset, this is an even greater >challenge that needs to be brought, again and again, to the attention of our >representatives. > > >Sincerely, >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 >Fax: 561.488.5726 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] >Web site: _www.cureparkinsons.org_ (http://www.cureparkinsons.org/) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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