Musician Puts Talent to Good Use Arizona Daily Star Greg Bryan Thursday, August 5, 2010 12:00 am For musician Michael “Mick” Beaman, being diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease almost 10 years ago was a life-changing experience. “It opened my eyes to a whole new world,” said Beaman. “How we treat the ones who love us, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Team Fox member story’
June 30, 2010
Fashion for Team Fox!
Team Fox member Liz Camp will host a portion-of-proceeds fashion fundraising event on Wednesday, July 14th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to help her reach, and hopefully exceed her $5,000 Team Fox fundraising goal. Liz plans to run the NYC Marathon November 7th and is using her passion for fashion to help her get there. From [...]
May 26, 2010
“Tips For Parkinson’s” Breaks $115K
CONGRATULATIONS to Susan Bilotta for raising over $115,000 at her 5th annual Tips For Parkinson’s event! The event took place last Wednesday at the Ainsworth Bar in New York City and attracted a record 500 people, including friends, family, co-workers, Team Fox staff and the NYC Rockettes. Susan’s annual event includes guest bar tending where Team [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 24, 2009
Ken Reichel To Run 50 Marathons
In December 2008, Team Fox member Ken Reichel was 47 and had just completed the ING NYC Marathon. As an active supporter of The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Ken had an epiphany – running 50 marathons by age 50 and raising $50,000 for charity in the process. Ken wanted to do something to help support further research [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
July 22, 2009
The PD Song!
Team Fox member Mark Solomon, who was diagnosed with PD over two years ago, is a TV writer and was the executive producer of Newhart. Mark is also a songwriter but was having difficulty playing the guitar and piano because of his PD. Mark’s wife, Cary, told him not to get discouraged and encouraged him to keep trying and to [...]
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