rockpile Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) We are walking again this year, but moving our site from Rochester on the Genessee River to Canandaigua Lake on May 20th. The walk will start at Sonnenberg Gardens. Donate at MS site: MS WALK 2018 - Help raise money to fight MS Donate on Facebook: Family Rocks! STILL ROCKING after all these years! It is time for my ANNUAL request for people to sponsor me when my team, Family Rocks! walk about 10K at the MS Walk in Canandaigua, NY. This year the walk is Sunday, May 20th. The walk starts at Sonnenberg Gardens Personal stuff: I was DIAGNOSED with relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis in 1994. I know now that I had MS before then, because there were times when things were “not quite right”. I would tire easily, and walk with a slight limp. My vision would be blurry and I sometimes felt like I was seeing double if I did not concentrate on an image. The symptoms would come and go, and were not COMPLETELY stopping me from doing the things I wanted to do. But the official date I was tested for and a diagnosis confirmed for MS was June 1994. The nature of a relapsing-remitting disease is that it can “come and go”. This has become a real family event raising over $18,000 since 2003, thanks to the spirit of paying it forward by our many sponsors. No donation is too small (or too big!). The important thing is that whether you sponsor me or someone else in the fight against MS, Cancer, Lupus, The Red Cross and a myriad of worthy causes, do something. If you have no money, volunteer to help if you can. We all need to pull together and not wait for someone else to help us! We have been in both the Top 50 and Top 100 Club multiple times as a top contributor BASED ENTIRELY ON YOUR GENEROSITY. Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarks The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has excellent ratings as far as the percent of donations received, how they are used, and the percentage of “overhead” for salaries and facilities. Here are a few examples: The National Health Council Standards of Excellence Certification Program reports: " The Society mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. To fulfill this mission, the Society funds cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education, collaborates with MS organizations around the world, and provides programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. In 2014 alone, through our comprehensive nationwide network of programs and services, the Society devoted $122.2 million to assist more than one million individuals to connect to the people, information and resources they needed. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested $50.2 million to support more than 380 new and ongoing research projects around the world. The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS." Edited March 28, 2018 by rockpile typo fixed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 When’s the absolute last day to make a donation? I want to make sure I miss it again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 On 3/12/2018 at 12:00 PM, Just Jack said: When’s the absolute last day to make a donation? I want to make sure I miss it again this year. The Canandaigua MS Walk is May 20, but donations that sponsor me continue through June. Donations to the National MS Society are always accepted. My goal is $1,000 and I have $75 to start things off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 MS Walk Canandaigua - Current Status: Goal: $1,000 Current Total: $175 (18%) Sponsors: JÂy RÛßeÒ Tom Benson Anonymous Scoundrels: Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 There are 59 days left until the MS Walk in Canandaigua! Current Status: Goal: $1,000 Current Total: $225 (23%) Sponsors: JÂy RÛßeÒ Tom Benson Anonymous Jane G Scoundrels: Jack If you choose to participate: Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarks THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Need to pin this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) UPDATE: As of today we are up to $290. Thanks to all! Sponsors: JÂy RÛßeÒ Tom Benson Anonymous Jane G Bill Low-Bear Scoundrels: Jack If you choose to participate: Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarks Edited March 28, 2018 by rockpile brevity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Must be the mods don’t like you. This normally would have been pinned within a day of you posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 I have been fighting my MS since 1994. I will keep bumping this until May 20th. For every dollar raised I am happy. Thanks! Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 11:08 AM, rockpile said: I have been fighting my MS since 1994. I will keep bumping this until May 20th. For every dollar raised I am happy. Thanks! Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarks Still at $290 for donations, which I thank my sponsors for! IF you are so inclined, please follow the link and donate to a good cause! Thanks, Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section122 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Keep fighting the good fight rockpile! This is a great MS organization to donate to. You made the top 5 so far for donations! Unfortunately my family can't do the walk this year so do you mind me sharing your link to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 4 hours ago, section122 said: Keep fighting the good fight rockpile! This is a great MS organization to donate to. You made the top 5 so far for donations! Unfortunately my family can't do the walk this year so do you mind me sharing your link to them? By all means, share the link with anyone you want. Donations are routed to the MS society. By the time the walk is done, I will need over $1,200 to make the Top 100 Club! I generally have friends, my wife, a couple of my grown children, and several GRANDCHILDREN walking with us. We have been dong it for about 15 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Thanks for sponsoring me, Jeff! I really appreciate your support for the cause to Find A Cure for MS! BTW: Word is that R. Rich, Lisa and team walked May 7th and raised $500! Hats off to you, my twin Brother and Sister!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) On 4/9/2018 at 11:22 AM, rockpile said: Thanks for sponsoring me, Jeff! I really appreciate your support for the cause to Find A Cure for MS! BTW: Word is that R. Rich, Lisa and team walked May 7th and raised $500! Hats off to you, my twin Brother and Sister!! Get that man a Stetson Edited April 11, 2018 by Boyst62 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 15 hours ago, rockpile said: BTW: Word is that R. Rich, Lisa and team walked May 7th and raised $500! Hats off to you, my twin Brother and Sister!! That’s because people know he doesn’t stop to take pictures. (And he is very good at convincing people that it’s better to donate to him than to you ?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 4/10/2018 at 2:36 AM, Just Jack said: That’s because people know he doesn’t stop to take pictures. (And he is very good at convincing people that it’s better to donate to him than to you ?) A donation to the MS Society, in someone else's name is also a donation to MY cause. So just sneak out the back, Jack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 UPDATE: As of today we have $390 from our sponsors. Thanks to all! Sponsors: JÂy RÛßeÒ Tom Benson Anonymous Jane G Bill Low-Bear Boyst62 Scoundrels: Jack If you choose to participate: Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarks When you get to the donation page, it has "suggested" amounts starting on the left at $35, but on the far right you can put in any amount. ANY amount is greatly appreciated and many $5 contributions add up to a LOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 This is a link to an interesting video and also an informative blog about MS. It goes in to available treatments, how it feels to have MS, how others see you or do not see your MS. It was part of the March MS Awareness program, but it is appropriate at any time. FYI: my most recent MRI's showed no progression in my MS lesions in my brain or spine, but now I have spinal stenosis in my neck (cervical spine). I can manage the occasional pain with Ibuprofen, so we will just keep monitoring it. I was diagnosed with MS when I was in my mid 40's and will be 65 this year, but I am still fighting. Many people have it worse than me, and I walk to help THEM! Janice Dean talks about her MS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hey, how much longer do I have to ignore you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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