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Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds you doing well. This year I will once again be walking in Moving Day, a Kansas City fundraiser for Parkinson’s Disease. As you know, I walk in honor of my father, Bob Pierson, who has been battling this horrible disease since 2011.
I would love it if you would join our team, Bob's Brigade!! Or, if you wish, please start your own team. The Walk will take place the morning of Saturday, 4/27 at the World War I museum, rain or shine.
What I have realized since my father's diagnosis is how many people I know who are affected by this debilitating disease, having either a parent or family member with the same diagnosis. After posting on Facebook just this year, a close friend of mine confided in me that her father is batting Parkinson’s as well. I had no idea!
Watching my sweet Dad manage life with PD can be heartbreaking. A man who was one of the most active people I knew become so limited in his mobile abilities has been very difficult for everyone in our family. My dad works relentlessly on keeping his motor and verbal skills at the best levels possible. He has done everything to ward off the symptoms of PD from boxing, the BIG and LOUD program, riding his stationary bike every day, and working with speech and physical therapists almost daily. He gives 100% just like he always has with whatever he does. Bob is not going down without a fight!! He is my hero and walking for him is an honor!!
Each of you are so important to our family and I can’t begin to tell you how much your support has meant over the past 3 years I have been affiliated with Moving Day. Attached please find a link to Bob’s Brigade for your reference. Feel free to pass on to anyone you feel might be interested in supporting Parkinson’s. Truly, more than anything we would just love to see you on April 27th!!
Take care and thank you for being one of Bob’s biggest supporters!!
Love,
Kristen
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