March 14 - March 20, 2011
Join Opportunity Manor Inc. and the MS Society to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis and encourage others to join the movement toward a world free of MS.
How to spread the word:
- Use one of the MS badges as your profile picture on Facebook, MySpace and more
- Download and post a web banner on your site; and, forward to everyone you know who has a website and ask them to post it during MS Awareness Week. Remember to have the URL click back to www.MSnyc.org.
- Make MS Awareness Week your wallpaper on your computer screen and your signature on your emails
- Donate your status update and profile picture on FaceBook to MS Awareness Week!
- For status updates, please use the following language: [your name] is donating [his or her] status to MS Awareness Week
- On Twitter, use hashtag #MSAW2011 or #MSAwarenessWeek2011
Visit www.mssociety.org for more information, tips to spread the word, and a schedule of events and programs the MS Society is offering during MS Awareness Week!
Walk to create a world free of MS
Event: Walk MS: Christopher & Banks St. Cloud Walk presented by Walser
Organizer: National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Minnesota Chapter
Date: May 1, 2011
Location: Apollo High School, 1000 44th Avenue North, St. Cloud, MN
Time: Check-in is from 8 to 9 a.m. Walkers may begin after they check in.
Route: Walkers can choose a two-,seven- or nine-mile route.
Other details: Including the St. Cloud walk, there are 18 walks held across Minnesota and western Wisconsin on May 1. There is no pledge minimum for Walk MS, but participants are required to raise pledges.
About Walk MS
Walk MS is our rallying point - a community coming together to make a difference in the lives of people with multiple sclerosis. Through Walk MS, we join together to raise funds, support our loved ones, celebrate the progress we've made and move toward our ultimate goal; a world free of MS.
Money raised through Walk MS: Christopher & Banks St. Cloud Walk presented by Walser helps fund vital MS research projects all around the world and support programs and services for the more than 10,000 people living with the disease in Minnesota and wester Wisconsin. In 2010, the Minnesota Chapter's Walk MS event raised nearly $2 million to help end MS.
To register, visit walkMSminnesota.org or call 800-582-5296.
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Get dirty for a good cause
You'll never get this dirty for anything this good! Join the MS Society on Saturday, September 10, 2011, for the second Mud Run MS Twin Citites event, benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Minnesota Chapter.
And don't forget to cheer on the staff of Opportunity Manor as they participate in the Mud Run, showing their support for this great cause!
For more information on the mud run, go to; www.nationalmssociety.org
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