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Help Fight MS
April 24, 2010 |
YPM would like to ask the community to help our Director of First Impressions in the Lethbridge office raise her goal of $3500.00 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. Cynthia Mansfield has for many years been an avid earner in the Enerflex MS Walk that happens on this year on April 24. Come cheer her on at 10 AM at Fort Whoop-Up at Indian Battle Park where the walk is 2, 5, 6, or 10km.
According to the MS Site:
Multiple sclerosis is a complex disease. While it is most often diagnosed in young adults, aged 15 to 40, we know that it affects children, some as young as two years old. The impact is felt by family, friends and by the community. MS is unpredictable, affecting vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility. Its effects are physical, emotional, financial, and last a lifetime. There is no cure.
Did you know ...
Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world.
MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada.
Every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS.
Women are more than three times as likely to develop MS as men.
MS can cause loss of balance, impaired speech, extreme fatigue, double vision and paralysis.
MS was first identified and described by a French neurologist, Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot, in 1868.
We don't know what causes MS but researchers are closer to finding the answer.
So please help with this cause. You can donate here and know that you are helping many fellow Canadians.
As Cynthia says "I raise money for all the people with multiple sclerosis who need help financially to get through life and to help increase funding for research so that one day they will find a cure.
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Generosity if giving more than you can and pride is taking less than you need. 