Bonus Meeting of the Anchorage PD Support Group! Update from the MJ Fox Foundation

The Anchorage Parkinson’s Disease Support Group invites our members and care-partners, visitors and new friends who find themselves navigating Parkinson’s disease to join us on Wednesday August 21 from 6:00PM – 8:00PM for a special presentation. The presentation will be held in the Tundra Lounge (5^th Floor) at the Anchorage Pioneer Homes located at 923 W 11^th Ave Anchorage, AK 99501).

Associate Director, Jennifer Riedel, of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) will present on the following topics:

• an overview of MJFF’s mission;
• an update on promising Parkinson's disease research including disease modifying and symptomatic treatments
• the latest legislation that impacts the lives of people with Parkinson‘s;
• and information on how to get involved with clinical research through Fox Trial Finder and Fox Insight.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. Since inception in 2000, 88 cents of every dollar spent by MJFF has gone straight to grants and initiatives to speed a cure for Parkinson's. To date, the Foundation has funded more than $900 million in research to bring an end to Parkinson's disease. For more information, visit www.michaeljfox.org.