Tag: Dancing
Walking and Dancing with Parkinsons
by Tom Anthony on May.01, 2008, under Internet
This report aired on the NBC Nightly News on Wednesday, May 30, 2008. It discusses how ordinary dancing ha extraordinary benefits for people with Parkinson’s Disease. As some readers may already know my wife Marsha and her daughter Traci founded and personally operate the Melvin Weinstein Parkinson’s Foundation dedicated to helping victims of Parkinson’s Disease and their families.
Last weekend Marsha, her amazing 85 year-old Mom and I joined an estimated 10,000 people gathered in New York’s Central Park for the 14th annual Unity Walk. It was both wonderful and sad at the same time. We greeted friends we have known for many years, some of them have declined in health dramatically. Still they fight on, and it was truly inspiring to see people who struggle to take three steps walking three miles to show solidarity to the Parkinson’s community – and more importantly to help raise over one million dollars toward the cure. I hope you take a few minutes to visit the foundations website at www.MWPF.org
