Parkinson Walkathon - April 16, 2008

More photos to come, and here is one to tantalize you....

Celebrating Strength With MS - 4/23/08

Celebrating Strength Event

Date and Time: Wednesday, 4/23/08 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Madison, Crowne Plaza Hotel
Program registration begins at 6:00 PM and the program will start at 6:30 PM.
Complimentary light dinner will be served.
Register for this free seminar online or by calling 1-866-955-9999.

We welcome you to participate in a dialog of hope and health for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Learn about Biogen Idec's commitment to MS and how we are transforming discovery into care.

Join others at this program and learn as Drs. Mary Forester, Natasha Frost, and Christopher Luzzio explain about treatment options and infusions in MS.

Get Well Pat

Dee, Vortex, Kelly, and Henna

The Great Bubbles Get-Away

Celebrating Bob's big 50 Party, he and Rene' went off for a weekend....Up North somewhere....

HOPES RUN

• The 10th Annual HOPES Walk for Awareness on Saturday, May 5, 2008, at Olin-Turveille Park.
• HOPES stands for Helping Others Prevent and Educate About Suicide.
  
• It is a 3 mile walk.
  
• Registration ($25) will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the walk at 10 a.m. with a light lunch to follow.
  
• Each year the names of our loved ones lost to suicide are read aloud during the opening ceremony. Our many faces of suicide quilts are displayed at each of our walks. There is a drawing for donated prizes, along with musical entertainment.
  
• Funds raised support both prevention efforts and services to survivors
• Sponsorships by making donations payable to HOPES
  

For more information, check out www.hopes-wi.org.

April Birthday Babes

Happy Birthday to our Achilles members:

• Allegra R. - April 11 (boy, do I remember that day!)
• Barb W. - April 25
  

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March."

- Robert Frost

Birthday Bash!

Zoom Zoom

Capt'n Kimmers Steamboat Springs, CO. Ski Event

She brought home a Silver Medal, being 2nd in the nation for the fast and older women!

The photo on the right is at the top of the hill on Saturday before the racing.
The photo on the left is on the podium, after Kim gets the medal.

Deb Armstrong, a famous Olympic racer, put the medal on Kim and Phi Mahre, another famous Olympic ski racer, shook her hand!

Way to go, Zoom Zoom Kimmer!

Walk MS

May 4, 2008 for the Wisconsin,
Madison - Walk MS 2008!

Start and finish location:
Monona Terrace
Lower level in the Exhibit Hall

Check in-Time: 9:00 a.m.
Start Time: 10:00 a.m.

At approximately 9:45 a.m. there will be an exiting program with wonderful entertainment to kick off the morning!
Walk MS will start after the program.

Route:
We have a NEW route this year that is
beautiful, scenic and safe!
Route maps available soon. Please check back.

Parking:
There is FREE parking on the streets near Monona Terrace.
Monona Terrace also has plenty of parking for a nominal fee.

Team Photos:
Team photos can be taken prior to the start (during registration) and after. The photographer will be stationed outside the Exhibit hall.

We will provide all participants a healthy snack bag upon their return to take home. In order to ensure that we use the money raised by our Walk MS participants toward our mission, we have chosen to provide a take-home snack bag in lieu of the lunch we have provided in years past. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for supporting the decision to move our hard-earned fundraising dollars toward our mission.

Download our Registration Instructions to help you in the registration process

Experiences of a Stroke

This is an unusual posting for our blog - but please take the 18 or so minutes to watch the video. It is an amazing first-hand account of a neuro-scientist describe her own stroke experience.

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