Apr 15, 2009
Architecturally renowned Heritage Shores to host twilight walk for MS
Carla Koss
Located just a short distance from Delaware’s resort beaches, Heritage Shores boasts a championship golf course designed by nationally renowned architect Arthur Hills. With scenic surroundings and classic water designs flanking a majority of the course’s 18 holes, Heritage Shores provides the perfect backdrop for a twilight stroll before dinner. And on Friday, April 24, at 6:00 P.M., Walk MS: Twilight at Heritage Shores 2009 is expected to attract walkers to the Bridgeville, Del., site to raise money for MS.
“Heritage Shores has a beautiful clubhouse, too,” notes Jennie Welch, the event coordinator at the Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “After the walk, dinner will be served at the clubhouse—stuffed flounder and chicken marsala!”
During dinner, prizes will be awarded to top fundraisers. “The average walker raises $123.75 for MS research and the programs and services needed by more than 1,500 Delawareans with MS and their families,” says the chapter’s director of development, Holly Maddams, M.P.A., “but any walker who raises at least $100 will receive a free event T-shirt.
“If you’re one of those people who is uncomfortable about fundraising,” adds Maddams, “call us. We will supply you with all the fundraising help you need.”
For more information about Walk MS in Delaware this Spring, call (302) 655-5610. Or visit www.delawarewalk.org.
About multiple sclerosis
Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS. Most are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, but among the more than 1,500 Delawareans with MS is a boy who will be 10 in May. MS affects more than 400,000 people nationwide, and more than twice as many women are diagnosed as men.
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often-disabling disease of the central nervous system that interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body. Symptoms range from tingling and numbness in the limbs to blindness and paralysis. In other words, MS stops people from moving.
Although the progress, severity, and specific symptoms of MS cannot be predicted, advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Studies show that early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can reduce future disease activity and improve the quality of life for many people with MS.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a collective of passionate individuals who are
• moving together to create a world free of MS.
• moving research forward by relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatment, and a cure.
• moving to reach out and respond to individuals, families, and communities living with MS.
• moving politicians and legislation to champion the needs of people with MS through activism, advocacy, and influence.
• moving to raise $1.25 billion by 2010 to help create a world free of MS.
• moving to mobilize the millions of people who want to do something about MS now.
To this end, the National MS Society funds more MS research, provides more services to people with MS, offers more professional education, and furthers more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. Through a 50-state network of chapters—including the Delaware Chapter—the Society addresses the challenges of living with the disease.
To learn more, call (302) 655-5610. Or visit www.MSdelaware.org.