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Margaret: Thanks for visiting us here at the Parkinsaw, MI web site, and for the good words. We're paricularly pleased that you enjoyed the experience and came away a happier person. I bet you stopped off at the Northern Lights and sampled some of that delicious Levodopa brew. I certainly agree that with all the horror and strife in the real world today, it's theraputic to visit a wacky community like Parkinsaw, if only for a little while. We're very happy to offer the Virtual Canisters to help the PRO-Seed Grants; every little bit helps as the saying goes. Thanks again, Margaret. We hope you'll return often to Parkinsaw, MI. John Bjork. To Visit the entire web site: www.mikeauldridge.com/parknsaw.htm To go directly to the Thousand Pennies for Parkinson's: www.mikeauldridge.com/parknsaw.htm#Section10 Margaret Tuchman wrote: > Dear John Bjork, > > I just came back from a visit to your Parkinsaw, MI village website. I > am a happier person for having had a chance to spend some time and get > to know the > regulars. It is not a bad place to escape to when the real world gets > to be a bit much. > > I want to thank you for setting up a satellite to collect money for > PRO-Seed Grants -- it is a real neighborly thing to do. > > I urge all you "grounded" people to take a leap into the fantasy land > that John has created and enjoy yourselves. Go to: > http://www.mikeauldridge.com/parknsaw.htm#Section10 and, don't leave > without taking part in the "A Thousand Pennies for Parkinsons" offer > that John is providing. > > Wish you the best, > Margaret > > ******************************************************************* > Today’s donations for PRO-Seed Grants lead to a PD free tomorrow! > ******************************************************************* > Parkinson Alliance Margaret Tuchman > 1250 24th Street, NW [log in to unmask] > Suite 300 Princeton, NJ > Washington, DC 20037 609.921.1696 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of john bjork > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 8:50 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Dateline Parkinsaw, MI: A View from the Lighter Side of PD, > May > 6, 1999 > > SNIP > > In a more serious vein, nothing worth while in this life comes to us > without a cost. Although the humorous stories we write about the > fictitious happenings in Parkinsaw are provided free of charge, we > need > your support to make our grass roots fund-raising activity work. The > Parkinson Alliance, within the National Parkinson Foundation, has > initiated a "Pennies for Parkinson's" campaign. This campaign is > designed to support funding for 100 high-quality grants for each of > the > next two years, with a goal to find a cure for this dreadful disease. > To keep within the spirit of the "Pennies for Parkinson's" theme, we > offer our program of Virtual Canisters on our web site to enable those > individuals who enjoy reading Parkinsaw, MI: A View from the Lighter > Side of PD, to make a minimum contribution of One Thousand Pennies. > To > relieve you of the arduous task of collecting, packing and mailing all > these pennies, we simply ask you to send a check for $10 made out to > Parkinson Alliance to us here at the Parkinsaw, MI collection center, > for forwarding on to Washington. We want the checks to come here > first > so we'll know how well Parkinsaw, MI collection efforts are doing. > For > more details, just click-on the "Thousand Pennies for Parkinson's" > selection on the main menu of the web site. (For Listserv members, > the > web site is at www.mikeauldridge.com/parkinsaw/htm) > > Well it's getting to be that time of day again when the deer start > peeking out from the jack pine wondering which shrub they're going to > eat. Everyone, of course, has tall fences around their gardens to > keep > the lovely but destructive creatures out. Between the deer and the > geese they can really mess up a yard. We're going to meet at the > Northern Lights microbrewery tonight for couple Levodopa brews, and > we'll be back with you in a week or so. Remember: Don't let PD > destroy > God's gift of your smile, laugh and sense of humor. > > John Bjork