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---------- > > > > > =========================================================================== ==== > > I am sending this message to the PD list through my father, Harold Jones. > I am responding to Michael Kramer's and Jack Chen's messages which my > father had forwarded to me regarding a Parkinson's awareness pin > > The Maine Parkinson Society has adopted the tulip as our symbol of hope for > better lives and a cure. The Parkinsn list influenced this decision. > > In February of 1998, I sent an introduction message to the PD list. Many > kind people responded to this message. One person was Judith Richards who > sent me an enameled tulip pin. > > The Maine Parkinson Society recently had tulip pins made using the pin > Judith sent me as a model. These pins have an enameled red tulip edged in > white, with a green leaf. The entire pin is edged in gold and they are > very attractive. We are selling them for $5.00 a piece. If anyone would > like one of these pins, e-mail me at [log in to unmask] Also, if your > organization would like information on how to order these in bulk, let me > know. > > Another person from the PD list who has been a tremendous help is Anne > Rutherford. Anne is our Parkinson tulip bulb consultant. In June of 1999, > the Maine Parkinson Society will be taking orders for the James Parkinson > Color Tulip Bulb for the first time. These tulip bulbs will be planted in > the Fall of 1999 and bloom for the first time during the Spring of the year > 2000. > > It is important to MEPS to raise awareness of Parkinson's Disease here in > Maine. Consistently using the symbol of a tulip in everything we do will > help us do this. People (with PD and without) that I have talked with are > very supportive of what we are doing. Our hope is that everytime people > see a tulip (especially a red one with white edges) they will think about > PWP's and our struggle and hope for a cure. > > I no longer subscribe to the Parkinsn list. Between working full-time and > being very involved with MEPS, I do not have time to read the messages. > However, my father is on the list and forwards messages of interest to me. > > Sending a message to the PD list last year started me on a journey that I > never envisioned that I would take. I met Ivan Suzman and Greg Leeman > through the list and have become a PD activist because of my friendship > with these two men. > > I was on TV with Ivan and my husband, Jon, last year. Much to my surprise > and everyone else's, I actually talked and have not stopped since. People > appreciate the fact that I am willing to share what it is like living with > PD for myself and others. > > Greg invited me to join him in the start up of a new PD organization here > in Maine. I accepted and the Maine Parkinson Society was born. MEPs is > dedicated to improving the quality of life of Maine people with Parkinson's > Disease through education, public awareness and supplemental caregiver > assistance. > > MEPS first big event is happening on April 10th. MEPS and the Maine > Chapter of the APDA are cosponsoring World Parkinson's Awareness Day in > Portland. Speakers include physicians and a humorist. > > Thanks to Greg, Ivan, Ann, Judith, and everyone else on the PD list, for > the most part I have been able to deal with PD in a positive way. > > If anyone would like information about the Maine Parkinson Society, World > Parkinson's Awareness Day, tulip pins, or our tulip bulb project, please > feel to contact me. > > Karen Bardo (45/2.9) > [log in to unmask] > >