Brunch Bunch

Thirteen people attended the May 20^th Brunch Bunch at the Chesterfield’s Restaurant in Utica to enjoy the good food and fellowship. We were pleased to have Carl and Betty Perkins join us for the first time and hope they will do so again! The “Brunch Bunch” is a purely social gathering and is always enjoyed by all! If you have an idea of a new meeting place for the Brunch Bunch, just let us know!! We look forward to trying new places!

M&M Shows & Health Fairs

The M&M’s (Moylans and McCaffreys) were invited to the Presbyterian Home to present the M&M Show to a group of area Activity Directors on June 13^th. It is always a pleasure to talk to this group as they are very interested in learning about PD. We thank them for inviting us again!

We have also been invited to participate in the 2006 Oneida County Community Health Festival to be held on Wednesday, July 26,2006 from 10:00am to 5:00pm in conjunction with the Boonville Fair at the fairgrounds. This will provide us with another great opportunity to educate the public about Parkinson’s disease and also make it known that our support group is here to help people with PD and their families and caregivers.

We will need volunteers from the group to help man our booth.

Editors note:

I recently received the following two e-mails from Linda Herman who keeps us up to date on the political action on legislation which affects people with Parkinson’s disease.

Nancy

Good news New Yorkers,

Sen. Schumer has just signed on as a co-sponsor of S.2115 - the Udall Act Amendments --'A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve provisions relating to Parkinson’s disease research. '(Sen. Clinton co-sponsored this bill in Feb. 2006)

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgibin/query/z?c109:S.2115:

Both NY Senators should also be thanked for signing the Dear Colleague letter in support of increased funding for the Dept. of Defense's Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Program (NETRP), which does considerable focused PD research.

A list of Representatives who signed the House version of the NETRP letter can be found at:

http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/content/view/194/6/

Best to all,

Linda

I recently read a book that I think you might like too. Different than most books about PD, "Shaker Guy" is a mystery/political thriller, with its plot revolving around Parkinson's and stem cell research. There is a book review at:

http://www.parkinsons-informationexchange-networkonline.com/parkmail1.2/2006b/msg00542.html

and an interview with the author at:

http://www.grassrootsconnection.com/under Voices to Inspire: Evan Henry

Linda

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