March 9, 2010
Vote for the Body of Motion Project
March 4, 2010
Amanda Neal Brings Team Fox to Alaska
On Sunday, March 7, Team Fox member Amanda Neal will participate in the Tour of Anchorage, a cross country ski marathon in Anchorage, Alaska!Amanda chose to race in this event in honor of her father, who lives with Parkinson’s. Her dad has booked his plane ticket and he’ll be there to watch her ski through the finish line.
Amanda has been fundraising for months, requesting that friends and family make donations to The Michael J. Fox Foundation in lieu of birthday and Christmas gifts. If you wish to donate to Amanda and help her reach her fundraising goal, please visit her Team Fox page.
You can learn more about this really cool event at www.tourofanchorage.com.
March 1, 2010
Congratulations to Jim and Colleen Byrne
Congratulations to Team Fox members Jim and Colleen Byrne who ran the Rock n Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon yesterday in New Orleans, Louisiana to raise funds for The Michael J. Fox Foundation. The couple ran in honor of Colleen’s uncle, David Garland who lives with Parkinson’s. They surpassed their fundraising goal, raising $6,340 for Parkinson’s research. Thank you Jim and Colleen and congratulations on a great race.
February 26, 2010
Team Fox Movie Night!
Join Team Fox member Miranda Feldmann when she hosts another fun “Campy Movie Showing” this Sunday afternoon at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn. She’ll be showing The Secret of My Success, featuring Michael J. Fox to raise funds and awareness for the Foundation. Come out and enjoy a relaxing afternoon from 2pm – 4pm.
Miranda’s movie screenings have gained popularity beyond her circle of friends through write-ups in a number of local blogs. She is a great example of how, when executed well and promoted right, a simple idea can become a great source of raising awareness and funds for Parkinson’s research – and can become an anticipated community event!
Find out how Miranda got involved with Team Fox and read more about her upcoming fundraising plans.
February 25, 2010
Kim Takes on Cowtown Ultra Marathon
Team Fox member Kim Ready will run in 
the Cowtown Ultra Marathon
in Fort Worth, Texas on February 27 to raise funds and awareness for The Michael J. Fox Foundation.
She’s already raised$4,000 for the cause and is dedicated to raise even more in honor of her dad who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the fall of 2001. She has decided to actively fight this disease and educate people about it the only way she “knows how, by running the Cowtown Ultramarathon (50K or 31.25 miles).”
February 24, 2010
Skiing To a Cure
On Saturday, February 27, Team Fox member Mark Gherty will be skiing in the American Birkebeiner in Hayward, Wisconsin to raise funds for The Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Mark is skiing in honor of his sister Barb and all others dealing with Parkinson’s disease. He has participated in this race an incredible 22 times and this will be his 2nd year fundraising on behalf of the Foundation.
Good luck, Mark and thank you!
February 22, 2010
Back To the Future Event for Team Fox
On February 26, 27, and 28, the Hollywood Blvd Cinema and Hollywood Palms Cinema in Chicago, Illinois will be hosting screenings of the original Back to the Future movie! Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Claudia Wells and James Tolkan, members the Back to the Future cast, will serve as hosts at this special event. But that’s not all, the theater is generously donating 100% of the proceeds from the three-day event to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
If you live in the Chicago area, do not miss this great opportunity to be a part of the Back to The Future reunion and the chance to support Team Fox! Tickets are available now at www.atriptothemovies.com.
February 17, 2010
Brian Grant and Michael J. Fox Team Up Against PD
Watch this great video posted on NBA.com that features former NBA star Brian Grant and Michael J. Fox talking about their experience living with – and fighting against – Parkinson’s disease.
February 17, 2010
Team Fox Member Featured in Article
Resilient Women – Susan Kauffman
www.makeitbetter.net
December 2009
By Nina Vallone
Just before a girl’s trip in February of 2005, Susan Kauffman noticed a tremor in her right hand.
A year later, at age 39, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, becoming one of the 5 to 10 percent of people with Parkinson’s who are diagnosed at a young age.
“My reaction was: ‘Why me?’ I remember thinking, I’ve always been the good girl, and I’m the one everyone comes to in a crisis, not the one who has the crisis,” she says. After the initial shock, she went on with her life. “I was in denial,” she insists.
Almost three years later, Kauffman faced her diagnosis head on after reading Michael J. Fox’s book Lucky Man: A Memoir (Hyperion, 2002). “I began to hope again,” she says. “I finally felt that there was someone else out there with young onset Parkinson’s that is living life with the disease.”
The book inspired her to reach out to her siblings and admit she couldn’t go through this on her own.
“I decided to make Parkinson’s a part of my everyday life, to embrace it, talk about it, truly live with it,” she says. “I discovered a new kind of normal.”
Her new normal includes strength training, discussing Parkinson’s with her husband and children and helping find a cure. Kauffman, who works part-time as a swim coach and instructor at Midtown Athletic Club in Bannockburn and swam on a college team, decided to raise money for Parkinson’s research by hosting a fundraiser called “Kickin’ Parkinson’s, One Lap at a Time” at the Midtown in June. The event drew almost 150 swimmers and more than 500 donors, raising more than $56,000 for Team Fox, The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s fundraising arm.
Kauffman partnered with Make It Better and the $5 that Make It Better donates per new subscriber has helped her fundraising significantly, she says. She is now ranked 3rd in the Team Fox’s top fundraisers of 2009 and is one of the most successful first-time fundraisers that Team Fox has ever had. “It’s my time to fight back,” she says. “And swimming is the best way I know how to do that.”
February 11, 2010
George Washington University to Host Pancakes for Parkinson’s
Phi Sigma Sigma at George Washington University will host Team Fox’s signature event, Pancakes for Parkinson’s on Sunday, February 28. The event will be held at 800 21st Street, NW in Washington, DC from 11 am to 3 pm to raise funds for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
In addition to unlimited pancakes, the event will feature a raffle with great prizes like tickets to the Wizards basketball game and tickets for the CBS Suite at the Verizon Center for the Capitals hockey game.
Come out to support GW’s Pancakes for Parkinson’s breakfast and for the chance to win awesome raffle prizes!
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