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John , I am so happy u had a good time. Alan was great person. He put my anxiety to rest about feeding tubes. He educated me as to what and what u can't do when having a feeding tube. I thought if he could do it, then I will be OK given the circumstances. He also has a good sense of humor. I appreciated that. Although IRC and pirch is gone, the memories of those times will always be here in my heart and mind. Thanks for all your hard work. nancy m/cleveland John Cottingham wrote: > God smiled upon us AGAIN! The weather in Central Park was beautiful. > > I got to meet Linda Herman but the sad part was the many I didn't get to > meet because of the hoopla and duties on the day of the big event. > > Barbara was supposed to receive the Bonander Award after me. I was > supposed > to give the speech and when it was her turn she was supposed to say she > seconded what ever I said.....well it didn't work out that way...she went > first....and forgot what she was going to say....lol > > The last time I gave an extemporaneous speech was at the university many > years ago and it showed. > > Evelyn Bonander, Alan's sister presented the award and gave us > insights on > their childhood. It was wonderful getting to meet the family of my > Parkinsn > hero. > > Once again, many came so far to exhibit solidarity in our quest for > raising > money for research in search of a cure. > > Last year was my first walk and the pure emotion of the event was > overwhelming for me. This year I took away from the event the > determination > to continue on for as long as time will permit me to help the welfare of > our community in finding a cure. > > Sometimes we get upset by some policies of the national organizations and > sponsors. We speak out and vent our frustrations but at the Unity > Walk, we > put away our differences....our politics, to come together to fight our > common enemy...PD. > > It's fitting, that our national...and international Unity Walk takes > place > in the spring of the year, when hope springs eternal. The flowers and the > trees and the birds awake and rejoice at the dawning of a new season. > > On Wednesday, at the Morris K. Udall dinner sponsored by PAN presented a > Buddy Award to one of our own, Margaret Tuchman. I am so happy that > Margaret received the award. > > Margaret, if you will recall was one of the volunteers that was > instrumental in the creation of the Parkinsn List Drug Database. We > are so > honored to have so many volunteers who devote their time and resources to > helping us, the powerless sufferers. Congratulations MARGARET TUCHMAN! > > John Cottingham > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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