Dec 27, 2008
Chapter honored with society's Cavallo Leadership Award
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Contact: Meghan Finn
212-453-3209
mfinn@msnyc.org
New York, NY - The New York City Chapter was awarded the Pamela Cavallo Leadership Award by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at the organization’s 2008 conference. Created to recognize leadership in programs, services, and advocacy among the Society’s 50 state network of chapters, the Cavallo Award demonstrates the NYC Chapter’s tremendous progress in program delivery and advocacy for people living with MS, their friends and families.
The chapter’s initiatives such as its extensive recreation and fitness programs, access for individuals who need therapy at affordable prices, and promoting reasonable and accessible housing and rental options were among the reasons for its honor. Receiving the Cavallo Awared for the first time, the chapter’s introduction of new programs such as activities for Spanish-speaking members and young caregivers ages six to 18, and an adapted aquatic program, secured its status as an innovator and leader among its peers across the country.
About the New York City Chapter
The New York City Chapter of the National MS Society is committed to helping the thousands of New Yorkers impacted by MS continue to move their lives forward. The chapter provides hundreds of comprehensive support services and educational programs to people living with MS, their family and friends, and raises funds locally to support the National MS Society’s critical research initiatives. Visit www.MSnyc.org for more information.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The National MS Society helps each person address the challenges of living with MS. In 2007 alone, through its national office and 50 state network of chapters, the Society devoted over $136 million to programs that enhanced more than one million lives. To help move closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested over $50 million to support 440 research projects around the world. Join the movement at www.nationalMSsociety.org.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and it stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.5 million worldwide.
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