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Praxair Recognized As MS Society Bike MS Partner

November 20, 2014

Praxair director of global marketing and business development Richard Jarrett accepts an appreciation plaque from Lisa Gerrol, president of the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter. Jarrett, a member of the Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club, became a Bike MS team captain after learning about Praxair’s dedication to Bike MS rides across the United States. With an office of nearly 400 employees in Praxair’s world headquarters in Danbury, he knew the company could continue to help the cause. Working through Praxair’s Global Giving Program, the company signed on as title sponsor for the Connecticut Chapter’s annual Bike MS event, which takes place each June in Windsor and Westport. This past year, more than 800 cyclists shifted gears to pedal up to 100 miles and raised more than $578,000 during the 2014 Praxair Bike MS, presented by Louis Dreyfus Commodities. For more information on the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, and a listing of events, visit www.ctfightsMS.org.

About the Connecticut-Rhode Island Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society

The Connecticut Chapter strives to provide knowledge and assistance to help people with MS and their families maintain the highest possible quality of life. These goals are achieved through vital national and local programs.

About Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. 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 leading to better understanding and moving us 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. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide.

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