The newsletter provides information about upcoming events in March to raise awareness and support for multiple sclerosis (MS), including MS Awareness Week, advocacy opportunities, Walk MS fundraising events in local communities, and the Bike MS: Vegas cycling event in September. It also shares a story from someone living with MS, details a volunteer service project that helped a local couple affected by MS, and provides updates about new MS research findings.
monthly networking meeting for those who serve our aging population. If you are not the source, be a resource! Meet others and discover what is out there for seniors.
Westbank Social Services Network monthly meeting. December 3rd at 2pm at St Margaret's, 3525 Bienville St., New Orleans. Refreshments provided by Pleasurable Palate. See flyer for details
How much money can creative professionals expect to make in 2017? This slideshow from The Creative Group provides an overview of the hiring landscape and salary trends for creative professionals. Visit www.roberthalf.com/creativegroup/salary-center for more information.
monthly networking meeting for those who serve our aging population. If you are not the source, be a resource! Meet others and discover what is out there for seniors.
Westbank Social Services Network monthly meeting. December 3rd at 2pm at St Margaret's, 3525 Bienville St., New Orleans. Refreshments provided by Pleasurable Palate. See flyer for details
How much money can creative professionals expect to make in 2017? This slideshow from The Creative Group provides an overview of the hiring landscape and salary trends for creative professionals. Visit www.roberthalf.com/creativegroup/salary-center for more information.
McLean County League of Women Voters April-May NewsletterColleen Reynolds
This month's newsletter previews events about campaign finance reform, foreclosure mediation, a panel co-sponsored by Black Lives Matter, progress on community mental health improvements, plus a summary of two recent events. It's an interesting read.
3 WINS Fitness is a university student delivered free exercise community-based program delivered in public parks and faith-based institutions. This program, sustained for six years, operates and thrives without external funding, can be a significant solution to reducing the level of physical inactivity in the United States, the 4th leading cause of death world-wide with over 5 million related deaths. The total economic burden of physical inactivity is estimated at $67.5 billion international dollars. Almost 80% of the United States population do not meet the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines. The operative “3 WINS” in our program are 1) participant health, (2) community health, and (3) student professional development. The focus has been underserved communities, beginning in one public park and expanding to our current eight programs in Los Angeles serving over 300 participants regularly. We have replicated the program in 3 additional Cal State Universities with 7 additional Cal State Universities coming soon. We are in the midst of an ambitious scaling of 10 new sites in underserved communities this Fall 2017. The accomplishment of talented undergraduate students having such a dynamic impact on public health underscores the need for encouraging this sustainable, replicable, and scalable innovative strategy to increase the physical activity levels of communities across America.
McLean County League of Women Voters April-May NewsletterColleen Reynolds
This month's newsletter previews events about campaign finance reform, foreclosure mediation, a panel co-sponsored by Black Lives Matter, progress on community mental health improvements, plus a summary of two recent events. It's an interesting read.
3 WINS Fitness is a university student delivered free exercise community-based program delivered in public parks and faith-based institutions. This program, sustained for six years, operates and thrives without external funding, can be a significant solution to reducing the level of physical inactivity in the United States, the 4th leading cause of death world-wide with over 5 million related deaths. The total economic burden of physical inactivity is estimated at $67.5 billion international dollars. Almost 80% of the United States population do not meet the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines. The operative “3 WINS” in our program are 1) participant health, (2) community health, and (3) student professional development. The focus has been underserved communities, beginning in one public park and expanding to our current eight programs in Los Angeles serving over 300 participants regularly. We have replicated the program in 3 additional Cal State Universities with 7 additional Cal State Universities coming soon. We are in the midst of an ambitious scaling of 10 new sites in underserved communities this Fall 2017. The accomplishment of talented undergraduate students having such a dynamic impact on public health underscores the need for encouraging this sustainable, replicable, and scalable innovative strategy to increase the physical activity levels of communities across America.
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Jenna Tucker
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Subject: What's happening in March? Awareness, Advocacy, & Action!
March 2016
Southern California & Nevada Chapter
Newsletter
Your Voice is Powerful—Connect during MS Awareness Week
Share your solutions to overcoming the challenges of MS—in video, pictures, or
words—on social media with #WeAreStrongerThanMS (website will launch on
3/7) .
SHARE YOUR
SOLUTION
Become an MS Activist! Craft your story, get to know your public officials, and
work with others who want to make effective policy change for everyone affected by
MS.
BECOME AN ACTIVIST
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Walk MS in Your Community
Walk MS helps us team up with friends, loved ones, and co-workers to change the
world for everyone affected by MS. Together, we arestronger. Join us this April at a
Walk event near you!
REGISTER TODAY
Bike MS: Vegas 2016
Bike MS: Vegas, presented locally by Interbike, is September 24, 2016! Choose
between a 30, 50 or 100 mile route through Southern Nevada.
REGISTER NOW
Walk MS Superheroes
"Sometimes it feels like people don’t want to know about MS—they don’t want to
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deal with it. I want others living with MS to find the silver lining because it’s always
there; you just have to look for it. I’m very strong willed—for me, it’s just another
bump in the road."
LIZ'S STORY
Bakersfield MS Service Day
MS affects everyone differently. For Jim and his wife Lynn, house and yard work
were proving hard to check off the to-do list. Enter the Kaiser volunteers! The group
took care of the entire yard, cleaned the house, and even installed a new kitchen
faucet.
Lynn did not hesitate to share her appreciation, "There is no other organization that
does as much as the National MS Society does, and no one who shows as much
kindness. Words can't express how grateful we are."
You can help change lives, too!
VOLUNTEER
Local Programs & Events
March 7: Exercise & MS Series (Los
Angeles)
March 9: Free From Falls Level 2
(Pomona)
March 10: Newly Diagnosed Orientation
(Online)
Visit our calendar to access health and
wellness webinars, teleconferences in
Spanish, and more!
VIEW CALENDAR
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Research News
Breaking News: A recent MRI study
yields clues to the development of
primary-progressive MS, and provides
additional evidence of the value of
research into radiologically isolated
syndrome.
READ MORE
National MS Society
Southern California & Nevada Chapter
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