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MS Read-A-Thon

MS Read-A-Thon. W hat is MS?. MULTIPLE = SCLEROSIS =. MANY SCARS. What is MS?. 3 differences between our scars and those caused by MS…. Doctors don’t know how MS scars are created MS scars won’t heal or fade, and they affect day-to-day life MS scars are inside the body on the nerves.

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MS Read-A-Thon

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  1. MS Read-A-Thon

  2. What is MS? MULTIPLE = SCLEROSIS = MANY SCARS

  3. What is MS? 3 differences between our scars and those caused by MS… • Doctors don’t know how MS scars are created • MS scars won’t heal or fade, and they affect day-to-day life • MS scars are inside the body on the nerves

  4. What is MS? BRAIN What are the 4 parts of the Central Nervous System? SPINAL CORD BODY NERVES

  5. What is MS?

  6. What is MS?

  7. Symptoms of MS • Dizziness • Loss of Balance • Loss of Coordination • Fatigue (Very tired!) • Numbness • Affected Speech • Vision problems

  8. MS Read-A-Thon • 100,000 Canadians live with MS • There is no known cause or cure • Canada has one of the highest rates of MS • MS typically affects people 15 – 40 years old • 3 people in Canada find out every day that they have MS

  9. Hands Up! Do you know someone who lives with MS? Want to know how YOU can make a difference by participating in the MS Read-A-Thon?

  10. Step 1: Read! • Keep track of the minutes you read on your Minute Tracking Sheet

  11. Step 2: Fundraise! NEW Online Fundraising Website

  12. Sign up at msreadathon.ca

  13. msreadathon.ca

  14. msreadathon.ca

  15. msreadathon.ca

  16. msreadathon.ca • Customize your personal fundraising page • Email friends and family to ask for donations

  17. Funds raised help pay for services for people living with MS

  18. And your fundraising dollars also go towards research to find a cause and cure to end MS

  19. Questions?

  20. HAPPYREADING!!

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