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$1 million more for tornado recovery On Monday, March 14, MPPs Pat Hoy and Bruce Crozier announced up to an additional $1 million in provincial funding to help Leamington, Kingsville and Essex continue their tornado recovery efforts and replant trees on public property. “On June 6, 2010, we had a disaster as a tornado t o r e through our area, MPP PAT HOY and the $1 million is in addition to the funding already provided last year,” said Hoy, MPP for ChathamKent-Essex. “We are pleased that the Province is able to continue helping the communities of Leamington, Kingville and Essex recover from the damages caused by the tornado,” said Crozier, MPP for Essex. Premier Dalton McGuinty toured the area just days after the tornado struck. The announcement is in addition to the financial relief of over $900,000 that was already provided to Leamington, Kingsville, Essex and residents shortly after the tornadoes occurred. This support helped the municipalities cover clean-up costs and repairs on municipal properties, including Seacliff Park in Leamington. It also helped individuals and non-profit organizations impacted by the tornadoes through the Essex County Tornado Assistance Fund.
The Leamington MS Walk is slated for Sunday, April 17 and organizers were in Kingsville at Ernie’s TV Sales & Service to kick-off one of the MS Society’s largest fundraising events of the year. Pictured here, in front from left to right, are Jack Bush, Leamington MS Walk Chairperson; Gary Viscount, fundraiser/participant; and Faye Viscount, fundraiser/ participant. In back, from left, are Ernie Demarse; Jackie Putterman, Special Events Co-ordinator, Windsor-Essex County MS Chapter; Lloyd Arner, fundraiser/participant; Barb Corless, 2010 top fundraiser (Team Mastronardi Produce) and Giuseppe Rubino (Mastronardi Produce). (S. McBrayne Photo)
Lots to celebrate at Leamington MS Walk Kickoff The Leamington MS Walk was officially kicked off on Friday, March 10 at a luncheon in Kingsville. Members of the media were invited to celebrate with organizers and top fundraisers for the MS Walk. Work has already begun on this year’s 8th annual MS Walk set for Sunday, April 17 at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex. Jackie Putterman, Special Events Co-ordinator, Windsor-Essex County Chapter of the MS Society of Canada, congratulated Leamington on hosting the most successful Walks (per capita) in Ontario. Last year’s MS Walk raised approximately $45,000 by the 200 participants. MS Walk Chair Jack Brush said the event has grown every year since it started. He has been chair for all eight years. “I’m always amazed with the support we receive. And it seems to keep growing year after year. It’s really great to see,” said Bush. He hopes to see that total matched this year. Barb Corless, captain of last year’s top fundraising team (Mastronardi Produce) and Giuseppe Rubino of Mastronardi Produce were in attendance to encourage more participation this year. Putterman emphasized the fact that the money raised through the MS Walk is used locally to meet the needs of local clients. “The money is split between client requests and research… We received one or more requests every day for assistive devices or equipment. It’s important that
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people know their donations are going directly to help people as well as to research. MS is an unpredictable illness, affecting vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility. Canadians have one of the highest rates of MS in the world and women are three times more likely than men to develop the disease. To register go to mswalk.ca or phone 1-888-510-7777. For more information about services for individuals and families coping with MS, call the local Windsor-Essex County Chapter office at 519-977-0401.
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The Windsor-Essex County Chapter was also celebrating with its national organization the recent announcement on March 9 that Health Canada approved Gilenya™ (fingolimod) capsules, the first oral disease-modifying therapy developed for relapsing-remitting MS. Gilenya (prounounced Jil-EN-ee-ah) has been approved for use in people who have tried one or more MS therapies, but are unresponsive or intolerant to them. It is indicated for use as a monotherapy for the treatment of people with the relapsing-remitting form of MS to reduce the frequency of clinical exacerbations (relapses) and to delay the progression of physical disability. Health Canada’s approval is based on results from two large-scale placebocontrolledclinical trials, each with over 1,200 participants. (Continued on Page 2)
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