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Janet-oh-Cyber-sis-of-ours.... OK...ok.... so your challenge DID pique (Peek? Peak? Whatever) my interest in the Ben & Jerry Foundation enough for me to pop on over to the B&G Foundation Web Site (thanks for providing the URL, m'dear) and take a look-see at what the Foundation's grant information. More important, I looked at the "Past grants" page to see what organizations and/or individuals had been recipients of a B&J Foundation grant (their list stopped at 1997, so I hope that it's just a case of the B&G tech-heads not yet having yet got around to updating the site... rather then they ran outta steam and don't make grants any longer) As I read the directions and review previous grants it's obvious to me that if we asked for a grant for "PD research," we wouldn't get so much as a plugged nickel. BUT... if we said we're a grassroots movement (the Foundation is very big on "grassroots" movements and that is clearly stated throughout their site) looking to assist, say, that wonderful group, "COPS" - "Children of Parkinsonians," which offers free respite care for caregivers of PWPs using donated funds, then THAT might actually get off the ground and make it thru the first judging and on to the actual consideration for a grant. I'm not sure if and/or where we - I.e. the Parkinson's community - would fit in under the B&G Foundation's grant umbrella, so before I just right in and take on this chore.... errrr... make that "this CHALLENGE" <smile> to get as many opinions and insights from our List membership as is possible of the B&G Foundation's requirements for one of their grants and what YOU think would catch the interest of the grant-giving group. Sooo... here's the B&G Foundation's URL http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/index.html and I look forward to your comments and suggestions after ya have read over the sire information, before I jump blindly into this project. Thanks.. (WHEW! I haven't stopped thinking 'bout ice cream throughout the entire time I composed this post!) <giggle> Barb (Make mine Coffee Mocha Crunch) Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 12:13 PM Subject: Re: The Tutu-PD story: MAJOR MEDIA / the ice cream wars / oops >[sorry for the duplication, gang, i got so worked up i forgot the urls] > >At 10:57 1999/04/19 -0700, you wrote: >>Dear Hilary 'n Ivan.... >> >>I've got THEE perfect world-wide-attention-grabber >>that'll make all of us sweet-treat and ice-cream guzzling >>Parkies make it to the front page of all the major >>newspapers and also will tickle the fancy of all the >>big-name TV anchors. Parkinson's will become a >>household word if we do THIS!! Ready? Here's >>what we gotta do: >> >>To make Parkinson's and those of us who live >>with this %#@^& disease VISIBLE and FAMOUS >>(which theoretically would also bring in the much >>needed research bucks so a cure and/or treatment >>may be found) , errrrrr.... I digress... is to hold a >> world-wide ICE CREAM EAT-A-THON! >> >>I can see the headlines now: "Millions of Parkinson's >>sufferers and their families and friends vow to >>non-stop eat ice cream till a CURE to the disease >>is found." (Choice of flavors left up to the eater) <smile> >> >>Heck.... we can get Ben and Jerry to be our spokespersons! >> >>Barb Mallut (who absolutely LOVES ice cream!) >>[log in to unmask] > >barb > >i ddoubble ddipp ddare ya! > >here's ben and jerry's site > Ice Cream > <http://www.benjerry.com/> > >and here's their foundation site > Ben & Jerry's Foundation Guidelines > <http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/index.html> > > >i love these guys >even without their ice cream > >wowwee! > >[with all respect to all involved >this sure appeals to me a lot more >than pennies for parkinsons!] > > >janet > >janet paterson - 52 now /41 dx /37 onset - [log in to unmask] >613/256/8340 - po box 171/almonte/ontario/k0a 1a0/canada > >Scan some of My Past Posts at: > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm >Mine the PD List Archives at: > http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/ >Cull Nine Million Pub-Med Medical Studies at: > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ >Comb the 'People With Parkinson's' Web-Ring at: > http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=parkie;list >