March 8 (Day 8) Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week

MOVE IT!   Join the Movement to End Multiple Sclerosis

MS Awareness Week   
March 8-14

MS Awareness Week is the time for the nation to go orange and move it to end multiple sclerosis, a disease where someone is newly diagnosed every hour of every day.  Move it to create a world free of MS!   Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with the disease. 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 2.1 million worldwide.


National opportunities to join the movement include:

eBay Giving Works:
The Society has been chosen to be one of two "featured nonprofits" on the eBay Giving Works homepage during the week. Anyone that buys or sells items on eBay will have the opportunity to donate to the Society during the checkout process. Phil Keoghan, host of CBS' The Amazing Race and Society ambassador has donated several jackets that he has worn on his show, which will be available for auction.

We Keep Moving "Reality Road Show":
We Keep Moving is a "reality road show" that will take online viewers into the homes of people living with MS across the country. A road crew of artists living with MS will kick-off their journey during MS Awareness Week and each week will visit someone impacted by MS. The twist? Viewers vote each week to determine where the team goes next! Visit www.wekeepmoving.org and vote today. This initiative is supported in part by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. A satellite media tour featuring the show's host and video producer will launch the odyssey on March 9th.

Christopher & Banks MS Jewelry Collection 2010: 
50% of net profits from The MS Collection will benefit the National MS Society. The campaign runs March 2010 - February 2011. Last year, Christopher & Banks donated $10,820 to the Society from sales of The MS Collection.


SOURCE National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Related Links:  http://www.nmss.org/