Thursday, December 31, 2009

WELCOME 2010

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

PDF IN 2009

OFF TOPIC OF THIS BLOG, BUT GOOD TO KNOW.




PDF’s Top Ten List 2009

Support PDF

Funded $5 million through our diverse research programs to support the best scientific investments in Parkinson’s, including three leading Parkinson’s research centers and 24 individual investigators.
Continued our commitment to training future leaders in Parkinson’s through our Fellowship and Career Development Programs, which supported 42 fellowships for researchers, clinicians and medical students.
Remained responsive to new and existing research opportunities, including awarding $300,000 in emergency bridge funding to four leading Parkinson’s scientists and ramping up support for the promising Longitudinal and Biomarker Study in PD (LABS-PD) Project.
Advanced the state of clinical research to improve the development of new therapies for Parkinson’s by preparing 37 people with Parkinson’s to become clinical research advocates through our Second Clinical Research Learning Institute and by laying groundwork, through a series of roundtable discussions, for a clinical study to investigate the therapeutic potential of exercise.
Hosted a new series of online educational programs to ensure all people with Parkinson’s have access to the latest information from the leaders in the field. The seven programs attracted almost 7,000 registrants.
Advised, through our National HelpLine and Ask the Expert service, thousands of people with Parkinson’s, family members and health care professionals from all 50 states and six continents, on issues relating to diagnosis, treatment, caregiving and more.
Distributed 50,000 free educational publications to people around the US and around the world, to ensure people with Parkinson’s are armed with the facts and resources they need to live well.
Celebrated our fourth year working with our People with Parkinson’s Advisory Council, a group of 13 individuals who advise PDF on its programs.
Recommitted ourselves to our new financial assistance program (established in 2008 with an annual $50,000 grant to the Melvin Weinstein Parkinson's Foundation) for people with Parkinson’s to cover emergency needs, such as the purchase of wheelchairs, walkers and canes as well as home care and other assistance.
Was rated a Four-Star Charity by Charity Navigator, making PDF the only Parkinson’s Charity to receive both this and the Charity Seal of Approval from the Wise Giving Alliance of the Better Business Bureau (BBB).

Please accept our appreciation for your support and our best wishes for a happy and healthy new year.


Robin Anthony Elliott

If you have or believe you have Parkinson’s disease, then promptly consult a physician and follow your physician’s advice. This email is not a substitute for a physician’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease or for a physician’s prescription of drugs, treatment or operations for Parkinson’s.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW


AND DID IT EVER.

AS OF THIS EVENING THERE ARE STILL MANY SNOWED IN.
DREAMS COME TRUE.

A WHITE CHRISTMAS

Saturday, December 19, 2009

STORM TRACKER

It is Friday night 12/18/2009.
All you hear about on the news (east coast U.S.A.) is storm warnings and watches. Predictions of the worst in 43 years for a pre-Christmas winter storm.
As I see it not all predictions come to pass. We have been in an economic storm for over two years. Not all predictions come to pass.
Some say the storm has passed.
Some say the storm continues.
Some say the storm is getting worse.
Some say the storm is getting better.
Some say, "what storm" ???

It all depends on where you stand, sit, or whatever.

I guess we will see.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Antiques Show Wanderer

We two from the wandering hunt look forward to more tales from the Antique Show Wanderer. http://antiqueshowwanderer.blogspot.com/ The tales and travails of the antiques seekers and journeymen are true to life....a life we love and would not look to change,(we could use less snow, sleet and rain, fewer scalding days or freezing weather) but onward and upward.
Looking for those better days ahead

Saturday, December 5, 2009

"TIS THE SEASON............

'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY.
And jolly we will be.
We closed our store.
Moved inland for more.
More is the reason we closed the store.
More time to hunt and find.
More fun than being behind.
More pondering the waters we must navigate.
More solutions we must investigate.
More energy to survive.
Those obstacles that are alive.
A glass of wine, a loaf of bread.
Better days lie ahead.