Jun 22, 2009
Three women to swim the English Channel in honor of friend living with MS
New York, NY – A trio of friends and former teammates of the Villanova University swim team will take to the frigid waters of the English Channel on June 29 in an effort to honor their friend, Lauren Schulman, a Manhattan resident and 2006 Villanova graduate who is living with multiple sclerosis, and to raise funds for the NYC Chapter of the National MS Society. Having completed the challenging task of obtaining clearance to swim the 21-mile Channel and raising the required $4,000 over the past two years, Tori Delollo, Trista Felty and Kiersten Rosenberg plan to begin their journey at 2 a.m. with Schulman on board the guide boat.
“I am fortunate to have an amazing support system and friends who would go to such extreme measures to help me. I’m still in disbelief,” said Schulman who is captain of the NYC Chapter Walk MS team “L Train,” which has raised $75,000 over the past two years.
To date, the swimmers have raised $7,000 in donations to the NYC Chapter toward the hundreds of annual programs and services the chapter provides residents living with MS, their friends and families, and toward critical national MS research. They will complete the 15 to 17 hour swim as a relay with Schulman on board the guide boat as long as the weather conditions are acceptable.
For more information on the women and their swim, visit www.mswim.wordpress.com and click here to donate.
About the New York City Chapter
The New York City Chapter of the National MS Society is committed to helping the thousands of New Yorkers impacted by MS continue moving their lives forward. The chapter raises funds locally to support the Society’s critical research initiatives and to provide hundreds of comprehensive support services and educational programs for people living with MS, their family and friends. Visit www.MSnyc.org for more information.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The National MS Society mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. In 2008 alone, the Society invested over $50 million to support 444 research projects around the world.
Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about your options by talking to your health care professional and contacting the National MS Society at nationalMSsociety.org or 1-800-344-4867 (1-800-FIGHT-MS).
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and it stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.5 million worldwide.
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