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Who decides on who is nominiated for the Fishman award? How do you nominate someone - or to whom do you make the suggestion, or put forward the name of someone deserving of the Fishman award? Hilary Blue ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gerry & Brig Haines wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > The Louis J. Fishman Award is for excellence in advocacy. It is an annual > award given to individuals who have given themselves to advance the goals of > the Parkinson community. Three families, Jim and Ethel Bence of Fenton, > Michigan, Paul and Virginia Hayes of Santa Maria, Ca., and Brig and I of > Bethlehem, Pa. were honored for our participation in "The Faces of > Parkinson's" video project, which hopefully helped raise awareness of PD in > congress and the general public. We showed the video to members of congress > while we were in Washington during the forum in June. Hope it makes a > difference. > Sincerely, > Gerry