I want to take this weeks blog to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year.  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!

Now that we are officially in 2009, the countdown to the 15th Parkinson’s Unity Walk can begin.  Starting with today, now actually, we have 3 months, 19 days and 11 hours until we meet at Central Park for a day of education and community.

I invite everyone to be a part of our blog and our forum.  Please add your comments, or any suggestions for new subjects on our blog, and join our community in planning for the Walk on our forum.

And as always, please feel free to call or email me at any time.
I look forward to hearing from you!!!
Stacie

I just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a very happy and healthy holiday season.

Be Safe, and enjoy this time with your family and friends.

All the Best,

Stacie

Happy Monday!
I hope you all had a nice weekend and spent time with your family and friends enjoying the holiday season!  On Friday, I went to the American Fundraising Professionals, PA chapter’s meeting on how non-profit organizations should handle the changes in the economy.  The decline in the economy does not also mean the decline in the need for funds of different causes.

Even if it isn’t affecting you directly, I believe everyone is touched in some way by what is going on with the economy.  This is why it is even more important to think about our children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on.  If you are reading this blog, then there is a good chance you have some connection to Parkinson’s disease.    Let’s all work together to find a cure for PD for our future generations. 

I am asking you all to go online and donate $15 or $15 more than you were planning on donating, in honor of the 15th Walk.  Parkinson’s disease will not stop affecting people because the economy is in a temporary decline, so please help by supporting us.  It could mean giving up that speciality coffee for a few weeks, giving a donation in lieu of a gift for the holiday;  be creative and use the money that you were planning on spending anyway to help us continue to fight for a cure for Parkinson’s disease.   Without your help, the fight will be delayed-let’s not do that to our children.  Go online and donate today, www.unitywalk.org. 

And as always, please call or email me with any questions, suggestions or ideas.
All the Best,
Stacie

We just got confirmation from Central Park that the 15th Parkinson’s Unity Walk will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2009!
I know everyone here in the Unity Walk office will be super busy the next few weeks making sure everyone gets this date, and makes plans to join us in New York.  We are planning a lot of new and exciting things to make this 15th Walk even more special (if it is even possible to make something so special even better!).
Please go back to our website, www.unitywalk.org (click the back arrow) and register now to join us at this incredible day of Community and Education.
If you are not already part of a team, I urge you to consider starting a team and bringing your family and friends along to support you, or join a team.  There are so many team captains that would love to bring you into their community.  If there is a team captain that you would like to connect with, please let me know and I will do my best to put you in contact with them.
All the Best,
Stacie

Hello,
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and was able to spend time with their family and friends.  It is Monday morning and everyone here in the Unity Walk office shared their stories from the long weekend.  From the ballet to shopping to plenty of eating, we all truly enjoyed our time off.

During this time of gratitude, I ask that you think about who in your life that you are grateful for, for what they do for the Parkinson’s disease community.  We just started a new ‘Shining Stars’ section on the Unity Walk website.  This section is going to be used to talk about people in our community that do or did something to really make a difference.

Please email me your story, and include a picture if possible.  I would love to share your story with the rest of the community!

All the Best,
Stacie

Hi, we are so excited to share our blog and forum with you! Through this blog, there are so many ideas, suggestions and stories that I will be able to offer you throughout the planning of our 15th Parkinson’s Unity Walk.

I will share with you new and exciting fundraising ideas, stories shared by others within our community, updates of happenings within our community and the Walk, and so many other things!

Please feel free to add your comments and suggestions by responding to my blogs.

Also, I encourage you to become a part of the Unity Walk’s forum. Our forum will be an online discussion site about the Walk. It is the modern equivalent of a traditional bulletin board. Through our forum, we hope that you will build bonds with other team captains and participants, as well as share your stories and fundraising ideas with others. Interest groups will easily form around a topic’s discussion. Please become involved in the topics that interest you. And, if you do not see a subject that you feel will benefit the community, please let me know.

Blog and Forum you later,

Stacie Mishler
Event Director
staciem@unitywalk.org
866-PUW-WALK (866-789-9255)