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The National MS Society, Gateway Area Chapter is hosting an open Town Hall Meeting in Marion, Illinois on March 18, 2012. “Our goal is to provide the best possible service to people living with MS in Southern Illinois and their families,” said Phyllis Robsham, Chapter President. “Give us your feedback, and tell us what you need!”
Through an office in Cape Girardeau, MO, the Gateway Area Chapter of the National MS Society serves more than 500 people living with multiple sclerosis in the Southeast Missouri and Southernmost Illinois areas and their families.
The Town Hall Meeting will be held at Mackie’s Pizza, located at 2704 Walton Way in Marion, IL, on March 18 from 1 pm to 3pm, and refreshments will be provided. People living with MS and their family and friends are encouraged to attend, to learn about the services currently provided in the area, give feedback on programs and fundraising events, and find new ways to get involved. The meeting will be facilitated by volunteers from the area.
Popular programs in the Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri area include Talk MS peer support groups, which meet monthly in the Marion area in Illinois and Cape Girardeau and West Plains in Missouri, as well as educational teleconferences available across the region. Camp Hope MS, held in Makanda, IL, brings children from across the region to a weeklong summer camp for an opportunity to connect with others living with MS.
The Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri areas rally around the MS cause and raise money through Walk MS events held in Cape Girardeau, MO and Carbondale, IL in April, as well as Dexter, MO and Anna, IL in September. Last year, close to 1,000 Walk MS participants in the area raised $64,000 to support services for people living with MS and critical MS research.
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, with symptoms ranging from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The Gateway Area Chapter provides services including financial assistance for those who have lost income and incurred expenses because of MS, educational resources for people living with MS and their families, and resources to help people with MS stay active both physically and socially.
The National MS Society was also able to invest more than $37 million last year to advance research to stop the disease, restore lost function and end MS forever.
The National MS Society, Gateway Area Chapter is hosting an open Town Hall Meeting in Marion, Illinois on March 18, 2012. “Our goal is to provide the best possible service to people living with MS in Southern Illinois and their families,” said Phyllis Robsham, Chapter President. “Give us your feedback, and tell us what you need!”
Through an office in Cape Girardeau, MO, the Gateway Area Chapter of the National MS Society serves more than 500 people living with multiple sclerosis in the Southeast Missouri and Southernmost Illinois areas and their families.
The Town Hall Meeting will be held at Mackie’s Pizza, located at 2704 Walton Way in Marion, IL, on March 18 from 1 pm to 3pm, and refreshments will be provided. People living with MS and their family and friends are encouraged to attend, to learn about the services currently provided in the area, give feedback on programs and fundraising events, and find new ways to get involved. The meeting will be facilitated by volunteers from the area.
Popular programs in the Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri area include Talk MS peer support groups, which meet monthly in the Marion area in Illinois and Cape Girardeau and West Plains in Missouri, as well as educational teleconferences available across the region. Camp Hope MS, held in Makanda, IL, brings children from across the region to a weeklong summer camp for an opportunity to connect with others living with MS.
The Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri areas rally around the MS cause and raise money through Walk MS events held in Cape Girardeau, MO and Carbondale, IL in April, as well as Dexter, MO and Anna, IL in September. Last year, close to 1,000 Walk MS participants in the area raised $64,000 to support services for people living with MS and critical MS research.
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, with symptoms ranging from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The Gateway Area Chapter provides services including financial assistance for those who have lost income and incurred expenses because of MS, educational resources for people living with MS and their families, and resources to help people with MS stay active both physically and socially.
The National MS Society was also able to invest more than $37 million last year to advance research to stop the disease, restore lost function and end MS forever.
