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the most effective way to promote the Udall Bill is to personally visit your elected officials. Neither Michigan Senator is currently a cosponsor. Only six of 16 Congressmen are cosponsors. They all should be home for the Memorial Day recess. Another way you can help is identifying people with Parkinson's who are willing to participate in a national phone tree. The goal is to identify ten people with Parkinson's in every congressional district who are willing to write or call their Congressman. Optionally one of these ten will have E-Mail thus facilitating activation of the phone tree when needed this summer when key legislative action is occurring. It is desirable that one of the ten also be the person who agrees to personally visit their Congressman. We have a compelling message that when delivered personally is difficult to reject: a cure is close at hand. Fund Parkinson's research equlivant to other disease groups and reap significant economic benefits as well as eliminating suffering of 1.5 million Americans. Send me your address and phone number by private E-Mail and I will call and/or mail you additional information. Preliminary plans are to have another advocacy Forum in Washington D.C. the last week in June. All those who missed the first one should make appropriate plans so as not to miss out on the fun.