Donation! -and Charity Ball!

The Ball is 5 days away and we've received our first donation, a check for $500 from Edward M. Gore Sr. Thanks Ed!!
The Ball is Friday August 1st, at 2001 Dance Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. All proceeds will be donated to the Fox Foundation.

Our DeLorean Time-Machine will be greeting folks at the front door for photo ops and Mr. Compassion is ready to receive donations. Wear your dancing shoes, Oli and I hope to see you there.
Terry

Time and MJFF

January is coming quicker than I imagined! The mission is still on track and we continue to prepare -from routes, to puppy-care while we're away.
Communicated with Dana Barden with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and she has been most helpful with suggestions and general support.
I'm preparing a press release to get the ball rolling and officially 'announce' what is about to happen!
-O.

Meeting People

Terry and I met a nice family who were vacationing in Myrtle Beach. They were fascinated with the time machine and made a kind donation. As we talked, the wife/mother told us that her father had died from Parkinson's disease.
They said they were enjoying the beach and she caught me a little off guard when she thanked us for doing what we're doing.
To say the time machine is a great conversation piece is an understatement, indeed.
O.

Team Fox!

Received a nice phone call today from Sam at Team Fox. He was encouraging and complementary about our 'ToTheFuture.org' website.
It gave a nice boost to our tired bones. (It's Summer Season here at the beach, and we're working 14-15 hour days.)
O.

Tango!

We're going to attend the Grand Strand Tango Society Charity Ball!
August 1st, Friday night, 8pm at "Club 2001," Myrtle Beach, SC.
Suggested donation is $10 and 80% of the door proceeds benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. (The other 20% pays for the drinks and other expenses.)
We'll be there with the Time Machine to support the event, and I'm told the 'Back To The Future' movies will be shown on the screens inside the club.
Ballroom, Tango, Swing, Salsa. Sounds fun!

-On a related note: In this July 2008 issue of "Scientific American" on page 80, it states under 'Tantalizing Tango Finding:"
In a study by Gammon M. Earhart and Madeleine E. Hakney of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, it was found that tango dancing improved mobility on patients with Parkinsons's disease. Researchers found that after 20 tango classes, study subjects 'froze' less often. Compared with subjects who attended an exercise class instead, the tango dancers also had better balance and higher scores on certain physical tests.

Interesting!
-O.

4th of July

Happy Independence Day!
Last night we drove the car to Barefoot Landing for the evening and it drew quite a crowd. The lights on the car really shine at nighttime and make for nice photographs. We met a tourist who was in town with family because doctors had given his brother 24 hours to live. The brother has Parkinson's, but as he described it to us, he said he didn't shake. The disease freezes his muscles. -It affects each person differently. Seeing the car seemed to lift his spirits a little and he made a donation and we wished him well.
O.

Rehearsal

Terry and I drove the time machine to a few 'hot spot' locations in Myrtle Beach, SC.
It was very encouraging and we learned a lot in just a few hours of speaking with folks.
Just one example of a 'noteworthy' encounter was a young man who is an actual research scientist from West Virginia who works on Parkinson's studies (as well as other neuro-muscular challenges.)
Although part of our mission is to raise awareness, I believe we'll be learning more ourselves than we ever imagined.
-O.

If you're gonna cure Parkinson's disease, why not do it with some style?

My wife Terry and I are driving our DeLorean Time Machine to all 50 states to raise awareness and funding for Parkinson's Research. Our website is:
http://www.ToTheFuture.org
This is our blog to report about our mission and hopefully, we will receive encouraging words from YOU to help us along the way.