Sep 08, 2009
Women on the Move Luncheon
Ericka Tavares
For Immediate Release:
To schedule an interview with Wendy Booker, contact:
Ericka Tavares at Ericka.Tavares@rir.nmss.org or 401.738.8411
Mountain Climber Wendy Booker,
Training to Complete 7 Summits & Living with MS,
Keynote Speaker at MS Society Event
WARWICK, R.I., Sept. 2, 2009 - Mountain climber Wendy Booker is determined to be the first person with MS to complete the Seven Summits and she has already summited six of the world’s seven highest peaks. She will be the keynote speaker at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Rhode Island Chapter’s first Women on the Move luncheon.
After an unsuccessful attempt to summit Mount Everest in May, Booker, 55, of Beverly Farms, Mass., is training to attempt it next year and complete her goal of climbing the world’s highest mountains. Booker, who rides in the R.I. Chapter’s MS 150, will talk about her experience at the luncheon September 22, 2009 at the Providence Biltmore.
Also appearing will be singer-songwriter Kristie Salerno Kent. Diagnosed with MS shortly after college, Salerno Kent travels the country singing and talking about MS.
ABC6 anchor Allison Alexander will emcee the luncheon, which will be from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Providence Biltmore. The event was made possible by the generous support of our sponsors: presenting sponsor Providence Biltmore; ABC6; Spada Media; TEVA; Pfizer; and Genzyme.
Tickets cost $50 each and tables of 10 are $500. Tickets are available online at http://www.nationalmssociety.org/rir. Or call the National MS Society Rhode Island Chapter at 401.738.8383, option 2.
To arrange an interview with any of our speakers, contact Ericka Tavares at Ericka.Tavares@rir.nmss.org or C: 401.207.6676.
For additional information on our speakers:
The New York Times article featuring Wendy Booker:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/sports/05climbers.html
Wendy Booker’s official web site with photos:
http://www.wendybooker.net
Kristie Salerno Kent’s official web site with photos:
http://www.kristiesalernokent.com
About Multiple Sclerosis
MS interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and 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 United States and 2.5 million worldwide.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS through our 50 state network of chapters. We fund more MS research, provide more services to people with MS, offer more professional education and further more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. We are people who want to do something about MS now. Join the movement at www.nationalmssociety.org.
Rhode Island Chapter
205 Hallene Road, Suite 209
Warwick, RI 02886
401-738-8383
www.nationalmssociety.org/rir
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