MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT - NOVEMBER 2018

Hoping the ghosts and goblins didn’t get the best of you, we’re off to managing the 11th month of 2018 with grace, dignity, hope, education and emotional support as we cruise through life.

We’re Getting Things Done 

Our NEW and Renewed Wellness Village Members are being recognized weekly by our Social Media department. If you’re not getting your eMails from us, please go to the website and sign up for the Newsletter... it’s FREE!  We are over-the-moon excited to be growing our virtual, vetted, video-driven Resource Directory for you. The additions can be seen on the Wellness Village.

     Set your clocks back November 4th for Daylight Savings Time.

     This jam-packed Newsletter is PROviding the following PROvocative and engaging articles: please note that the ICBII UPDATE ON THE ROAD TO THE CURE article is short this month because of their experiments taking all of their time. Watch for Breaking News next month. Very interesting is, HAS ANYONE ASKED YOU TO SPEAK LOUD by Lisa Bolden, MA, CCC-SLP; IMPORTANCE OF SKIN CARE FOR PARKINSON’S PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS by Kytti St. Amand; TOO MUCH SALIVA? How to Treat Sialorrhea in Parkinson’s Disease Patients; VA CHANGES AID & ATTENDANCE BENEFIT; WHAT IS A FIDUCIARY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? by Mark Thatcher, CRPC®; UNDERGOING ANESTHESIA AND PARKINSON’S; NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN HOSPICE by Richard McKnight; and last, but not least, ANAHEIM DUCKS: THE INSPIRING TRADITION OF THE 21ST DUCK, which is about our newest Board Member, Michael Lu.

     Join us in making a difference in your life, or the life of a loved one this month, particularly by donating to us online at smile.amazon.com. Click Parkinson’s Resource Organization as your charity of choice, on CyberMonday, November 26th and #GivingTuesday, on November 27th. Without you, we could never do all that we do. Supporting us is simple: Make monthly donations through our safe PayPal donation page at ParkinsonsResource.org/#modal-donate or mail your donation to our office in Palm Desert, California.          

     Until next month, REMEMBER Daylight Savings Time ends on the 4th, get your voice counted and VOTE on election day the 6th, Veteran’s Day on the 11th, World Kindness Day on the 13th, Thanksgiving Day on the 22nd, Black Friday on the 23rd, Cyber Monday is on the 26th—Go to smile.amazon.com and chose Parkinson’s Resource Organization, and #GIVING TUESDAY on the 27th. The flower is the Chrysanthemum, and the Birthstones are Topaz and Citrine. ALWAYS remember to CELEBRATE YOU and PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS!