The MS Women on the Move Luncheon is a unique fundraising experience that creates an inspiring, motivational and empowering environment. The event creates a social environment for likeminded people to gather, learn about multiple sclerosis, and raise funds to help end MS.
While the event was founded by women who wanted to come together in bringing us closer to a world free of MS, we also invite and encourage men to attend and participate. Two thirds of people living with MS are women, and women often are care providers. The MS Women on the Move Luncheon creates an opportunity to empower each other to create a better future for those living with MS. We also recognize the importance of male caregivers and supporters to the women in their lives.
Exciting breakthroughs are happening in the area of research, and there is a consensus that we are getting closer to unlocking the mystery of MS. Additional funds are urgently needed to continue this vital work. Approximately 400,000 Americans acknowledge having MS and every week about 200 people are diagnosed. Multiple Sclerosis is typically diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, often during the prime years of one’s life. More and more teenagers and even children are now known to have multiple sclerosis. Two to three times as many women as men have MS.
2012 Women on the Move Luncheon Keynote Speaker
In a world that values fast, she is perpetually slow.
In a world that demands first, she gives new meaning to the word last.
Although she lives with the daily challenges of both multiple sclerosis, diabetes and Sjogren's Syndrome.she has successfully completed a total of twenty five marathons, all in last place. Her thirty-five hour, twenty seven minute run has set a world record for the longest marathon in the history of women's running.
Perhaps the greatest lesson of all that Zoe shares in her presentations applies to both every day life as well as the marathon course.
The race belongs not only to the swift and strong - but to those who keep on running Words To Live By ...
