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Kathy, Thanks for your kind words Bill -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Kunz <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 11:43 PM Subject: Re: "Bitch and Pout": are we by nature whiners? >Hi WH--those are truly impressive amounts of money to raise on a local level >by one person essentially. We should all salute you --let me lead the the >first cheer: > HIP, HIP, HOORAY FOR WILLIAM HARSHAW, > CANADIAN FUND-RAISER EXTROIDINAIRE! > >Kathy Kunz >----------------------- Original Message-------------------------------- >from: William Harshaw <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 3:40 PM >Subject: "Bitch and Pout": are we by nature whiners? > > >Janet Reno and Michael J. Fox are two examples of what we don't want: >prominent people with PD who want to be left alone, which is their right. >It is useless and off-putting to them - don't think for a moment that they >don't get all our musings - to speculate about whether they're in denial and >to say how mean spirited they are. This is actually doing the cause harm, >portraying an image of whiners. > > Oh, for a Christopher Reeves with PD! Oh, for a Terry Fox with PD! Fox >was an ordinary guy with bone cancer who made a world name for himself. For >example, in the Toronto Chapter of the Parkinson Foundation of Canada, I got >the ball rolling on our Superwalk. In '94 I raised $3,000; '95 $5,000; '96 >$8,000; '97 $10,000; '98 $13,000; and this year I'm shooting for $20,000. >One of our members with MSA raised $20,000 in '95; $35,000 in '96; over >$50,000 in '97; in memoriam donations last year were over $25,000. This >year, the walk is named after him: The Jerry Friedman SuperWalk for >Parkinson's. Jerry and I - and I hesitate to mention my name in the same >sentence as his - are just ordinary guys who don't mind exploiting ourselves >and our friends for the cause. Get local heroes. Ordinary guys identify >with ordinary guys. > > An analogy may make my point a little more clearly. Jean Beliveau, the >greatest hockey player ever (my opinion - open for debate) never made more >than $40,000 playing hockey when he retired in 1971, the year of the first >expansion of the NHL. That amont of money was within the reach of an >intelligent man with initiative and imagination. The seven figure >compensation levels of professional athletes today are beyond the reach of >all but a few. Fans do not identify with players today the way they used to > > Get local heroes!!! >