If you enjoy planning parties, writing letters, or want to help raise awareness of progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration – become a volunteer with CurePSP! Many fundraising events and activities are very easy to plan and won’t take up much of your time. We can provide a variety of materials to help make your event a success! If you would like to plan a fundraising event, please contact Kathleen Matarazzo Speca, Vice President for Development & Public Relations (speca@curepsp.org) and she will be delighted to speak with you to discuss your options. She can also be reached by phone at 800-457-4777.
UPCOMING EVENTS
EVENT: 1st Annual PSP Walk for Awareness In Memory of Sharon Ziegler
DATE: Sunday, May 4, 2008
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Grand River at RIM Park, Waterloo, ON Canada
Enjoy a 10kms walk along the trails of the Grand River at the park while you help create awareness and raise funds to support the programs and services of CurePSP. Special thanks to Tracy Ellig for volunteering her time to organize this fundraising event. For more information, contact pspsupportincanada@hotmail.com.
EVENT: Jersey Shore Marathon
DATE: Sunday, May 4, 2008
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Long Branch, NJ
Noelle Hays and her brother Geoffrey Hays will run a 26.2 mile marathon in Long Branch, New Jersey in honor of their father John Hays, who has PSP. You may remember receiving Noelle's story about her dad during our Fall appeal mailing.
For more information about this event, please contact Noelle via e-mail at nohays5@yahoo.com or Geoffrey via e-mail at Geoffrey.Hays@cit.com.
If you would like to make a donation to support Noelle and Geoffrey, please make your check payable to the Society for PSP and note in the memo section that your donation is for the Jersey Shore Marathon 2008. You can also make a donation in support of the Hays' online by using our Give a Gift form. When you reach the question about responding to a fundraising letter, choose No then continue on to choose Special Event and fill in the blank field to say Jersey Shore Marathon 2008.
Thanks for your support!
EVENT: PSP Golf Tournament "Hitting the Links for PSP"
DATE: Monday, September 15, 2008
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Walpole Country Club, Walpole, MA
For more information on this event, please contact Mary Ellen Maloney via e-mail at milkdrop@aol.com or phone at 860-518-4539
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If you are unable to attend any events, please consider making a donation payable to the Society for PSP and send it to the attention of Kathleen Matarazzo Speca, Vice President of Development & Public Relations.
Please also include a note with the mention of the event you are supporting.
~ Thank you for your kindness and generosity ~
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