A great season for
scholarships
The cards seemed stacked against Rebecca Merlenbach,
the 2011 Society’s Presidential
Scholar. Not only was she diagnosed with MS at age 15, but
without a stable family situation
at home, she had to pay for her
own school fees, food and transportation. Yet she found hope
and meaning in her life—and for
that, she credits MS.
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chapters, their many donors
and by these sponsors: Developers Diversified Realty; Teva
Neuroscience; CentiMark; the
O’Donnell Family Foundation;
the Modestus Bauer Foundation; and by individual donors
nationwide.
A funding win for
MS research
With bipartisan support and the hard work of MS
activists nationwide, the Congressionally Directed Medical
Research Program (CDMRP)’s
MS research program received a
modest gain in funding.
In this difficult economic
climate, the increase from $4.5 to
$4.8 million for MS research in the
current year is a significant achievement. This funding stream, which
must be renewed each year, has
now provided $17 million to support our strategic objectives.
Funding for the Lifespan
Respite Care Act survived but
did not increase.
Be sure your federal legislators know of your support for
CDMRP and Lifespan Respite
Care funding in 2012. To be
heard, visit nationalMSsociety
.org/advocacy.
FLASH
One-year research progress on
CCSVI and MS. Visit nationalMS
society.org and click the link
in the blue box to the right for
details.
