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The source of this article is the South Brunswick Sentinel: http://tinyurl.com/cvdae S. Brunswick woman raises $1,000 for Parkinson's Ann Marie Konopka, South Brunswick, recently raised more than $1,000 for and participated in the 2005 Parkinson's Unity Walk in New York City in mid-April. More than 8,500 walkers took part in the two-mile walk and raised more than $1 million for research. The crowd was addressed by actor Michael J. Fox. All funds will be used for research and be distributed among the major U.S. Parkinson's disease foundations. Konopka was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in February 2004 at the age of 37. She serves on the board of directors as vice president at Northeast Parkinson's and Caregivers, an Internet-based support group. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn