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100 rides. One destination. A world free of MS. You’re up for the challenge — and ready for the ride of your life! The sense of accomplishment that you’ll feel as you cross the finish line can only be matched by the difference you’ll be making in the lives of people affected by MS. Sign up to ride and we’ll be there to support you every mile including providing access to our online fundraising tools, making fundraising easier and more convenient than ever!
Walk to create a world free of MS. You can bring us closer to a world free of MS! Walk MS is fun with an important purpose. Joining the movement with hundreds of thousands of people across the country is an experience like no other. We unite as a community during Walk MS to make a powerful statement —to keep us moving toward a cure.
Golf to create a world free of MS.The MS Longest Day of Golf is held during the months of May and September with numerous host golf courses waiving their greens fees for the day to allow registered golfers to raise money for the National MS Society. Help us reach our goal of $205,000 by participating in this year’s MS Longest Day of Golf.
The annual da Vinci Awards® recognize the most innovative adaptive and assistive technologies that enable equal access and opportunity for all people, regardless of ability. These innovations play an important role in helping people overcome physical limitations.
The 2009 daVinci Awards has been postponed, and more details will be featured on our website as they are determined. Nominations are still being accepted for the next daVinci Awards. Submit a nomination and to learn more about the awards.
With great sadness I share the news that our former Chapter President, Pat McDonald, lost her battle with lung cancer and passed away this past January.
Pat served people with MS for more than 25 years in our Chapter initially as Programs and Services Director and then for more than 20 years as Chapter President. A strong advocate for services for people with MS, Pat was a devoted friend and mentor to many of us.
The Chapter will be happy to forward condolence cards and emails to Pat's family. Please send them to my attention at the Chapter offices: 21311 Civic Center Drive, Southfield MI 48076 or via email: info@mig.nmss.org .
Make a Memorial Gift in Honor of Pat McDonald.
Elana Sullivan
Chapter President
Tuesdays, July 28-September 1 (6 weeks)
7:30-8:45pm
$90
Located at the Center for Yoga, 1780 E. Grand River, East Lansing, MI 48823
Kathy Ornish, E-RYT 500, certified Yoga Therapist
For more information:
www.kathyornishyoga.com
ko@kathyornish.com
517-485-5659
Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis (all levels)Yoga is a wonderful tool for promoting wellness in our bodies, our physiology, and our minds. This class is specifically designed to use yoga postures, breathing techniques, relaxation, and visualization to encourage strength, flexibility, balance, and mental focus, while lessening stress, contraction, and fatigue. Our room will be climate controlled. No previous yoga experience is necessary. If a caregiver is regularly required, they must be able to attend class with you to assist.
Please contact instructor before registering for this class.
As a service and courtesy to you, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter, wants to inform you of this opportunity. However, we want to be clear that the NMSS has had no role in developing the physical activity for this program.
Alexander Price and Layla Hillie are the recipients of the Michigan chapter’s 2009 scholarship awards. Michigan high school seniors who have multiple sclerosis (MS) or a parent with MS are eligible to apply for scholarships. Also high school graduates (or GED) graduates of any age who have MS or a parent with MS are eligible. Applicants must also plan to attend an accredited post secondary school for the first time.
After graduating from Anchor Bay High in Fair Haven, Alexander will attend Eastern Michigan University. He plans to study journalism. Layla is headed to Michigan State University after picking up her diploma from Cass Tech in Detroit. She hopes to major in nursing.
This annual scholarship program opens October 1, 2009 and ends in January 2010. To learn more about the NMSS Scholarship Program call 800-344-4867 or visit our website at www.nationalmssociety.org.
There is a place on the shores of Lake Superior that is well known to many of us at the Michigan Chapter as Camp Independence. Consider making this the year you decide to attend.
Every year, for one week, Bay Cliff Health Camp in Big Bay, Michigan, opens its doors to adults with disabilities. It allows them to experience all of the joys and freedoms of a camp while living in an environment that allows and encourages independence. Imagine fishing, boating, cook-outs, sing-a-longs, hikes and all of the rest of the camp experience available to each of you, regardless of physical limitations.
If all of this has piqued your curiosity, then give Bay Cliff a call at 906-345-9314 to request an application or to find out more information. The dates for Camp this year are August 23-29, 2009. The cost is $250.00. Once you are accepted to camp, youcan request a partial scholarship from the Michigan Chapter to cover part of the cost by calling 800-344-4867, option 1.
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With great sadness I share the news that our former Chapter President, Pat McDonald, lost her battle with lung cancer and passed away in January.
Pat served people with MS for more than 25 years in our Chapter initially as Programs and Services Director and then for more than 20 years as Chapter President. A strong advocate for services for people with MS, Pat was a devoted friend and mentor to many of us.
The Chapter will be happy to forward condolence cards and emails to Pat's family. Please send them to my attention at the Chapter offices: 21311 Civic Center Drive, Southfield MI 48076 or via email: info@mig.nmss.org .
Make a Memorial Gift in Honor of Pat McDonald.
Elana Sullivan
Chapter President
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