Joan, You are truly an inspiration to all of us. Congratulations on the successof your Art Exhibit and the money raised on PD Awareness Day. Also, best of luck w/the upcoming surgery. Jeanette Fuhr 48/47/44? Joan Snyder said in part: > Dear listfriends: > I'm happy to report that here in central Illinois, we are getting > almost more news coverage than I can handle!! For my event for PD > Awareness Day, we received excellent local coverage. To refresh your > memory, we planned & pulled off beautifully (praise the Lord!) an Art > Exhibit by local artist Jane Scott & Marc Esser entitled: "The Letting > Go: A Parkinson's Story." , I think that after expenses we will have $1700 or thereabouts > to donate to The Tuchman Foundation & to The Parkinson's Alliance. Our > event was covered extensively by NBC affiliate WEEK-TV in Peoria who did > 6 (at least) stories covering it & 2 live interviews to plug the event. > The same station is also working on a news series covering my upcoming > collagen injections which will be this week. > > Thanks to you > all for your prayers & support and just maybe, with a little bit of > God's grace & some old fashioned luck, this art exhibit may be made > available to your group as a fund-raiser & wonderful vehicle for > awareness!