Group hopes to improve patients’ lives through fundraising
The Parkinson Network of Arizona recently donated $30,000 to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center (MAPC) to support the center’s programs and services.
“We’re very grateful for their generosity and commitment to the cause,” says Abraham Lieberman, MD, director of the MAPC. “Support from the Parkinson’s Network of Arizona helps us serve the growing number of patients coming to our center not only from Arizona, but also from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, California, and Mexico.”
PNA was established in 2006 when a small group of individuals whose lives had been touched by the MAPC came together to think about ways that they could help the center. The group became an affiliate chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation in December 2006.
PNA holds several events each year to raise funds for the MAPC, including the Walk the Fight Walk-A-Thon and the Knockout Parkinson Jazz & Blues Festival, which is scheduled this year for November 7 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort.
The Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center is committed to providing excellence in treatment, research, and education for patients and families affected by Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders regardless of ability to pay. For more information about how you can support the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center, please contact the Foundation at 602-406-3041. For more information about the Parkinson Network of Arizona, visit their website at www.ParkinsonAZ.com.
