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Kay I'm guessing you must be in Arizona because you mention artist Jean Burns who partnered with Jim Sudai to put his desert plants on my Seasons Greetings cards for AZ chapter of APDA. Ray Surprise AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Mixson Jenkins" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:26 PM Subject: Re: Parkinson's awareness month is in Texas too > Hope this is ok. I feel it is our responsibility to raise awareness of > this > thief called PD. As April is approaching I have taken the steps to talk to > any > group that will have me. Good thing for me they are desperate for > speakers. > > I join the chamber of commerce to network with business that are allowing > me > to put posters up. Our poster was made by Jean Burns a fellow pder. If you > need an awesome awareness poster made contact her. She is super. > > Our 3rd annual Parkinson's event is coming up we release live butterflies > in > honor and memory of those touched by Parkinson's. One of the things I try > to > do to teach or show people what it is like to have PD, > I asked them at the start of my speech to clinch their fist as tight as > they > can and hold them until I say let go. > > Five minutes is how long I talk before I say let go, I then I ask them to > concentrate on how their hands feel, their arms and shoulders. You would > be > amazed at the reaction, hurt, sting, numb. painful I then tell them > welcome to > my world. 24/7 365 days a year. Denise Green from AU wrote about this in > Voices From The Parking Lot. Its a great way to educate people. > > Kay > > Like the butterfly > I have the strength and hope > To believe > That one day we will all emerge > from our PD Cocoons > Spread our wings > And fly with the colors of a cure > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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