Monday, January 24, 2011

My 2011 Pledge Letter!

Dear Friends and Family,

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I hope the holiday season brought you happiness, hope and good health!

2010 was good to me. I thankfully remain in remission and have had no new MS attacks. Although each day presents me with new physical challenges, I feel that continuing with my Avonex treatments has kept many more significant health problems at bay. I have also started Botox injections in my right leg which has made a real difference by reducing spasticity and making walking much easier for me.

As of the New Year, I have now become an MS Activist! I will be joining a great group of other individuals, who also suffer from MS, to speak in March at the State Capitol to raise awareness to our congressmen and women in an effort to create positive changes for those who so desperately need help with this difficult disease. I have also remained active with the animal rescue, Mary's Kitty Korner, where I have now volunteered for three years.

With the advent of January, it is time again to ask for your support with my annual MS pledge letter!

The MS Kateers are determined to make 2011 a banner year. The Travelers Walk MS will take place in Simsbury on Sunday, April 10th. We set our goal last year for an unheard of amount of $13,000 and due to your generous contributions raised an amazing $15,526 dollars! We were ranked number 6 in the state and Number 1 in Simsbury for fund raising and were awarded “Best Team Spirit” for another consecutive year. I would like to thank everyone so much as you were all part of this amazing success. We are setting our sites even higher this year and are asking for your tax-free donations to help bring us closer towards a cure to this devastating disease.

So here we go again! The MS-Kateers are asking for your help and would love to have you join our team when we step out and stomp the streets of Simsbury in April to achieve this years goal of $16,000!

You can make a donation on my team page:

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/CTNWalkEvents?px=3110998&pg=personal&fr_id=16613

You can also sign up to walk with us on the team page! Thank you for your continued support!

For more information check out www.ctfightsms.org or contact me at shannon.odonnell@att.net

We Will Create a World Free of MS!

Most Sincerely,

Shannon O’Donnell

Monday, January 17, 2011

2010 Miracles Gala XXI








Oh What A Night!

The Miracles XXI was Saturday, September 25th 2010 at the Connecticut Convention Center. The Mandell Center for Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care was the beneficiary of this years Miracles Event. Paul and I were both in a video to represent this center that we both belong to.