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Dear Curtis : Here are the addresses you want for your daughter's report. I hope this sparks some real interest and that some day she will be a neurologist specializing in PD - or a scientist who will find a "cure" for us. Sorry for being so slow sending this, but my only other speed is slower. American Parkinson Disease Association 60 BayStreet, Staten Island NY 10301 800 223-2732 United Parkinson Foundation 360 West Superior St., Chicago, 60610 312 664 2344 Parkinson's Disease Foundation William Black Medical Research Building 650 West 168 St., New York, NY10032 800 457-6676 National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. 1501 Ninth Avenue NW, Miami FL 33136 800 327-4545 California Parkinson's Foundation Clinical Center for parkinson 2444 Moorpark Ave., Suite 316 San Jose, CA 95128 408 998-8366 Michigan Parkinson Foundation 3990 John Road, Detroit MI48201 313 745-2000 Central Ohio Parkinson Society 3166 Redding Road, Columbus OH 43221 614 481 8829 All these PD organizations publish newsletters and send out pamphlets covering all phases of PD and how to cope. It is amazing to me that so many organizations can survive the financial crunch everyone feels. It makes sense that there would be a lot more money for Parkinson's Disease research, education, patient care and advocacy, if all would join together under one umbrella. If the PD organizations have trouble trying to decide on who should run this new mega group, we parkinsonians would be glad to give our useful advice and then we could put it to a vote. For sure a lot of downsizing needs to be done for efficiency and financial reasons. We need to make a bold and cohesive statement to be recognized like the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Alzheimers Association, Arthritis Foundation. Those are names we recognize. If I die and my newspaper obituary states that in lieu of flowers a donation be made to Parkinson's Disease - just where do you suppose the donation would go? There is nothing in our telephone book re PD. MS is there as are the others above but no PD. So my mourners would just spend their donation on a party to celebrate my life. I would rather have that money spent by One Big PD organization for research to find a cure (then maybe I won't die). Barbara Yacos, RN <[log in to unmask]>