THE
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY...ONE THING PEOPLE WITH MS CAN COUNT ON
news bulletin
Dateline:
August 1, 2002
Help Get Students Involved In Reading And Helping Others With The
National MS Society’s MS READaTHON
You
can help instill a love of reading and helping others in students by
getting your local school involved in the National MS Society’s READaTHON
reading program. Registration is now open for schools to be involved with
this popular reading motivation fundraiser that benefits over 9,000 area
residents with multiple sclerosis. Once registered, schools are invited to
host a special awareness assembly about MS featuring a representative of
the National MS Society and, many times, someone who has the disease.
Please call Angela DiGiuseppe at 800-548-4611, extension 116, or email her
at
Angela.DiGiuseppe@pae.nmss.org for information on how to involve
your local school in the fight against MS. “You can help us build awareness
for MS by asking your child’s teacher or your local school administrator to
join with the National MS Society in helping end multiple sclerosis,” says
Ms. DiGiuseppe.
During
the READaTHON, students read as many books as possible during a four-week
period, while gaining pledges from family and friends for each book read.
Participants are eligible for prizes based on the number of books read and
money raised. Pledges raised through the event help fund community programs
for those with MS and ongoing research projects throughout the world into
the causes and effects of the disease. Since the nationwide inception of
the READaTHON in 1974, more than 4 million students have taken part in the
program, offering several generations of young people an example of how
reading can help make a difference.
Kristen Polovoy, a chapter member who was recently diagnosed, was first
made aware of multiple sclerosis many years ago during her participation in
the READaTHON. “Twenty years ago, I read around 200 books to raise funds
for MS and to get an award, but what I really received was information and
treatment when I needed it. I have learned first hand how important it is
to increase awareness and raise funds to help those with the disease,” she
says.
The money Kristen raised helped fund groundbreaking research and programs
that led to the FDA approval of the five treatments for the various forms
of MS. She is currently taking Avonex, and is heavily involved in the
chapter through the MS WALK and Leadership Class Programs. “The program not
only motivated
me
to read a lot of books, but it also made me aware of MS—a disease that
touches many lives,” says Kristen. “I learned at a young age that I could
make a difference, and now I am going to help end MS.”
Please call Angela DiGiuseppe at 800-548-4611, extension 116, or email her
at
Angela.DiGiuseppe@pae.nmss.org for information on how to involve
your local school in the fight against MS.
You
can help instill a love of reading and helping others in students by
getting your local school involved in the National MS Society’s READaTHON
reading program. Registration is now open for schools to be involved with
this popular reading motivation fundraiser that benefits over 9,000 area
residents with multiple sclerosis. Once registered, schools are invited to
host a special awareness assembly about MS featuring a representative of
the National MS Society and, many times, someone who has the disease.
Please call Angela DiGiuseppe at 800-548-4611, extension 116, or email her
at 
During
the READaTHON, students read as many books as possible during a four-week
period, while gaining pledges from family and friends for each book read.
Participants are eligible for prizes based on the number of books read and
money raised. Pledges raised through the event help fund community programs
for those with MS and ongoing research projects throughout the world into
the causes and effects of the disease. Since the nationwide inception of
the READaTHON in 1974, more than 4 million students have taken part in the
program, offering several generations of young people an example of how
reading can help make a difference.
me
to read a lot of books, but it also made me aware of MS—a disease that
touches many lives,” says Kristen. “I learned at a young age that I could
make a difference, and now I am going to help end MS.”