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Peggy and Jean: It is difficult to sign this petition. It took me 3 tries until I lucked out and the petition came up. Tess lives in California. Just wanted you to know because we need all the signatures we can get. Ray Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Willocks" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 3:02 PM Subject: PD Stamp > Response to Claire: Yes, we were aware of the 3-yr wait to have a postage > stamp approved (which is ludicrous in my opinion). I am happy to see that > you have grouped PD with some of the other neurological diseases. We are > all small in comparison to such groups as cancer or diabetes. > > Since Parkinson's has several "foundations" or "organizations," it > somewhat > fragments our support. This is why Jean and I approached support for PD > alone. There was already a grassroots effort in place to promote this new > design. It has been catching on like wildfire around the nation. Since > the > new logo was building support, it suddenly came to me that we could > simultaneously build support for a postal stamp, possibly raising money > along with awareness for this debilitating disease. > > So with that in mind, we will continue with our effort. I don't believe > it > will take anything away from what you are so admirably doing. > > Peggy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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