[CTSARA] Ham Volunteers Needed Oct 6

[Jon Perelstein]

The American Parkinson Disease Foundation is holding a fund raiser on Oct 6
at Sherwood Island State Park.

Part of the fundraiser will be a 1.5 mile walk for people suffering from
Parkinson's.  For many who suffer from Parkinson's, a 1.5 mile walk IS the
equivalent of running a marathon.  They will need people watching over them
and communicators who can get help to them if they run into trouble.

We are looking for 3-4 people to provide communications along the walk from
about 10:30am to about noon.  You will be on your feet the entire time
patrolling a section of the route (much like we do at marathons).  There
will be a free pizza lunch after the walk.

We do understand that there is a SET exercise that day.  Since you wouldn't
have to be at Sherwood Island until about 10:30am you would have plenty of
time to check in to a net or two and then head over to Sherwood Island.
Also, the Norwalk analog repeater as well as Wilton and Bridgeport DMR
repeaters are accessible from Sherwood Island, so you could even
participate in the SET from there while waiting for the walk to start.

Parkinson's is an especially tough disease because it is a long, slow,
chronic, progressive disease that robs you of your ability to perform
common activities like walk, sit up, feed yourself, carry on conversations,
do anything useful with your limbs and hands.  One of the worst parts of
the disease is the non-motor symptoms it causes such as anxiety,
depression, and fatigue.  Please give us an hour and a half on Sat Oct 6.

If you are interested, please reply directly to me.  Because it covers a
small area without complicated communications, this is an ideal opportunity
for relatively new hams to get some experience in public service events.
If you know someone who is not on one of these reflectors, please forward
this message to them.

73
Jon, AI1V