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 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Team Fox in the News’
February 17, 2010
Team Fox Member Featured in Article
January 29, 2010
Team Fox in the News: Pars for Parkinson’s
Team Fox Invites Golfers to “Pars for Parkinson’s Event”
Sullivan Country Democrat
By Rob Potter
SULLIVAN COUNTY — Although it’s still winter, the recent warm temperatures which melted some snow on front lawns undoubtedly had golfers around the county thinking about getting out on the county’s golf courses this spring and summer.
If those golfers want to support a [...]
January 15, 2010
Plattsburgh Half Marathon to Raise Funds for Team Fox
First Ever Half-Marathon Comes To Champlain Valley
Organizers Say New Race Helps Important Cause
January 14, 2010
Watch video here: First Ever Half-Marathon Comes To Champlain Valley
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — When Stephanie Desautels, of Plattsburgh, learned that her father had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, she decided to turn the bad news into something good.
The avid runner teamed up [...]
January 11, 2010
Spin for a Cure!
Spin For a Cure
Great Neck Record
Friday, January 8, 2010
On Sunday, Dec. 6, an instructor-led, indoor cycling class was held in the NYSC of Great Neck that raised funds for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Andrew Allen, Team Fox member and Great Neck resident, along with Dana Goldthwaite, General Manager of the New [...]
December 23, 2009
Flapjacks For Fox and Friends
Flapjacks For Fox and Friends
The Gabby Guy powers down some Pancakes for Parkinson’s and discovers why Children and Families First takes the cake.
by Mike Dodson
12/14/2009
Flapjacks For Fox and Friends Signs pointing in all directions and the aroma of warm and fluffy flapjacks floating on the breeze made finding Delaware’s first Pancakes for Parkinson’s (which took [...]
December 7, 2009
Doreen Clifford Shares Her Story
Doreen Clifford of Poughkeepsie, New York, joined Team Fox a little over a year ago, after seeing Ryan Reynolds and Michael J.Fox on the Rachel Ray show. Her father was diagnosed 10 years ago with PD, but it has been only within the last year that the disease has really progressed and become obvious. She was so moved and inspired that she [...]
November 11, 2009
Parkinsons Won’t Stop Matt Wilbur
Parkinsons Won’t Stop Matt Wilbur
Journalism Interactive
November 4, 2009
Janet Lawrence
Matt Wilbur, 57, a seasoned marathoner from Mount Vernon, Ohio, completed the New York City Marathon in seven hours last Sunday.
His race time might have disappointed him in his 30s or 40s, when he routinely ran marathons in half that time. But since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s [...]
November 10, 2009
Michael J. Fox Cheers on NYC Marathon Runners
Michael J. Fox and Esmé Cheer on Team Fox
Celebrity-Baby Blog
More Cowbell!
Michael J. Fox and daughter Esmé Annabelle, 8, take a break from cheering on — and ringing a cowbell for! — members of Team Fox as they run the New York City Marathon on Sunday.
Team Fox, which Michael launched in January 2006, raises much-needed funds for [...]
October 26, 2009
NYC Marathon Runners in the News
De Simone, Peters to run marathon for Team Fox
Wilton Bulletin
Written by J.B. Cozens
Thursday, 08 October 2009
Thanks to a chance meeting while both of them were out jogging last year, two former Wilton High students have joined to run in the upcoming New York City Marathon for Team Fox.
Dayna De Simone and Caitlin Peters, who played [...]
October 21, 2009
Team Fox Event Featured as an Editor’s Pick in Washington Post
PINTS FOR PARKINSON’S
The Washington Post
Going Out Guide
Details:
7-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24
Where:
The Barking Dog
4723 Elm St.
Bethesda, MD 301-654-0022
Information:
301-654-0022
Price:
$10
Have a few brews for a cause!
Ryan Grant is relatively new to fundraising, but the 27-year-old seems to have gotten the hang of it pretty quickly. He’s raising money for Parkinson’s Disease with this event and has lined [...]
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