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John, I know you must have enjoyed the walk, but more especially, meeting the people with whom you correspond . Too bad it's always so far away from Houston. Best to you. Jo Ann On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:02:11 +0000 John Cottingham <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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