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Heart To Heart Gifts
Funds Raised for these Non Profits.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Montel Williams Foundation
Overview
Can Do MS, formerly The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis, is an innovative provider of lifestyle empowerment programs for people with MS and their support partners. A national nonprofit organization, we empower people to move beyond their MS by giving them the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors, actively co-manage their disease and live their best lives.
Who do we serve?
The organization has helped thousands of people living with MS transform challenges into possibilities in health and life. In 2008, we provided programs and services to more than 10,000 people.
How were we started?
Can Do MS honors the legacy and beliefs of the organization’s founder, Jimmie Heuga, a pioneer in the MS care management field. Heuga embodies a positive, can do philosophy and perspective that complements the traditional medical model and standard of care to address people’s mental, physical and emotional needs. Since 1984, we’ve been at the forefront of promoting the culture and belief that everyone living with MS has the power to live full lives.
MSFriends is the first initiative of The VisionWorks Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit wellness organization. The primary mission of MSFriends is to improve the quality of life for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and for their families and friends. MS, like all major illnesses, affects not only the person with MS, but families and friends of those with MS as well.
Despite strides in awareness, the reality is that many people with MS continue to suffer in fear, silence and isolation. Recognizing this, MSFriends established the first 24/7-telephone MS peer support helpline in 2005. It is staffed entirely by people who have MS and offers the unique capability of providing educational peer support and shared experiences.
The helpline becomes a lifeline to those with MS. It offers immediate and timely connections, MS education and support, often when people need it most. Callers find it invaluable because it also offers patient guided outreach to anyone living with MS. Since its inception, MSFriendshas interacted with and improved the lives of over 30,000 people
Check being donated to Indiana Chapter for MS 2008.
Helpful Links
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Books on Multiple Sclerosis
Delivering many daily packages at the local USPS
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