HOW TO TELL YOUR WALK MS STORY To get you started with your own Walk MS Personal Page, here are a few sound bites from other successful participants. If you need help accessing your Personal Page or need assistance crafting your own, just reply to this email. -------------------------------- Rebecca B. (Whose Mom lived with MS) Help Me Make A Difference! I originally walked in 1997 because I wanted to support my mother and do what I could to help her fight this disease. I continued to walk as I saw my mother suffer the affects of MS and lose use of her muscles one-by-one. Most of you know that my mother's fight ended in March of 2010. That doesn’t mean that other’s fight doesn’t go on. This is why I continue to do what I can to raise money and support the National MS Society. -------------------------------- St. Andrew's Team How about a flash mob for something worthy? Why We Fight MS When my brother was diagnosed in the mid 80s, there were symptom treatments only. Now there are dozens of drugs that improve and extend lives due to the research by MS doctors. Why I Walk Many in my family, including my wife, live with this illness and they benefit greatly from the progress made each year in MS research. Why You Should Sponsor Me The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will use funds collected from the MS Walk to not only support research for a cure tomorrow, but also to provide programs which address the needs of people living with MS today. Because we choose to walk for those who sometimes can't, because we choose to donate to the MS Walk, we are getting closer to the hour when no one will have to hear the words, "You have MS."
Noah G. of Team Noki (a 14-year old whose Mom and Grandma live with MS--this is from his Walk MS 2014 page) This year, I’m going to have my bar mitzvah. A bar mitzvah is a Jewish celebration for a child coming of age and becoming an integral part of society. As my mitzvah project, I have decided to support the Nat’l MS Society in finding a cure for multiple sclerosis. My mom, Dina, and grandmother, Looshka, both have MS and fight with the disease every day. Looshka lives in an adult foster home and has lived MS for over 25 years. I haven’t seen her cook a traditional Russian meal in my life, and therefore, I have never seen her doing her favorite hobby (cooking). Looshka has not walked in almost 20 years. I have never seen her out of her wheelchair or bed. She still bosses my family around and loves her People magazine. When she laughs hard, she starts to cry, just like my Mom and I. My mom has had to take a shot every day since I can remember. She’s lived with MS for 15 years. MS is a disease that has been looking for a cure for a very long time and I want to support the MS Society in finding it. I hope you will too. -------------------------------- Jon from Jonathan’s Team Don't do it for me. Do it for Traci. Here's my reason for fighting MS. Traci. Traci is the kindest, most caring person I have ever met. She has brought me happiness I did not know I was capable of. She has been by my side through some really tough times. So now that she is having tough times, I have to give back as much as I can. In 2011, Traci had some of the harshest MS symptoms of her life. She had a hard time walking, writing, and just doing simple daily tasks that I take for granted. It's really unfair for her to have to deal with this, and that goes for everyone dealing with MS. This year, her MS has always been around. Sometimes it seems easy to forget, but then something comes up, like she tires really easily while we're out. And those shots have to be done every other day (and not the fun kind of shots). We can do something. We can raise money for research. Let's do it! During her bout with MS, the MS Society has been there for her with services and support. Their funding for research is helping find breakthroughs with new treatments. MS Society advocacy has also helped get more federal funding for research. So please, for Traci, please support the MS Society. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Jon -------------------------------- Karin P. of Basset Brigade (who lives with MS and brings her hounds to Walk day) When I came down with MS 22 years ago, my doctor said, "Most likely, they won't come up with a cure in your lifetime." He added, "I can't tell you what will happen to you, or what your next symptom will be," which sent me home in tears. Since then, I've walk every year—for 20 years now—to find a cure. I'm driven to prove him wrong—that in my lifetime there will be. And I vowed that as long as I could walk, I would walk for those who can't. -------------------------------- How Do I Access My Personal Page? Visit walkMS.org and select “login” > once inside your Participant Center, select “Inspire Others with Your Story” Download the All-New Walk MS Participant Center Guide Get Participant Center guide (PDF) NEED HELP ACCESSING OR UPDATING YOUR WALK MS PERSONAL PAGE? WANT IDEAS TO CRAFT YOUR OWN STORY? Please contact your Walk MS Chapter staff. Thanks for helping us stomp all over MS! |
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