Oct 23, 2009
2009 MS Magic Ball Press Release
Pat Grover
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: October 23, 2009
CELEBRATE THE 2009 MS MAGIC BALL...
HELP MAKE MS DISAPPEAR!
Rochester, NY - The Upstate New York Chapter of the National MS Society will host its annual gala, “The MS Magic Ball” on Saturday, November 14, at 6:00 PM at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Magicians, music, a live and silent auction, and this year’s MC, WHAM Channel 13 TV news anchor Don Alhart will all be part of the magic.
The MS Magic Ball raises funds to support over 13,200 clients and their families in addition to funding research to find a cause, better treatments and a cure for this devastating disease. The MS Magic Ball will also provide an opportunity to recognize individuals for their contributions to the MS mission.
James Metzler, attorney with Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP and an Upstate New York Chapter MS Board member, is the 2009 MS Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and Dr. Richard Satran, Professor Emeritus of Neurology, former acting and associate chair and Professor of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and MS Board member has been selected as the 2009 Distinguished Service Award recipient.
To learn more about the National MS Society Upstate New York Chapter, or to support the 2009 MS Magic Ball, please call 1-800-FIGHT MS (select option 2 and ask for Sally Kittredge), or email Sally at skittredge@msupstateny.org and visit the MS website at www.msupstateny.org.
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Every hour of every day, someone is diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. MS interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and stops people from moving. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms in any one person cannot be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease.
Upstate New York experiences an incidence of MS five times greater than the national average. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and 2.5 million worldwide. The Upstate New York Chapter provides programs and services to over 13,200 clients and their families across 50 counties in Upstate New York. The chapter also invests in MS research worldwide.
Pat Grover
Vice President, Community Partnerships
585-271-0805 x5373
Cell: 585-734-5317