Save The Date The Date: Our Next Walk Will Be On Sunday, May 3rd, 2015

We're getting ready to go into hibernation here in Chicago in anticipation of a particularly cold and snowy winter. However, we always set a beacon for which we focus on knowing spring and summer will return. The MRF Walk in May is that beacon.
Some things to look forward to:  

The die hard Johnnie Walker team is ready to roll with the usual suspects
 The clinical trial of the promising repair therapeutic candidate,
MRF-008, begins in earnest.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is going to match our donations dollar for dollar. Our new goal: record breaking $70,000
After a great 40th high school reunion in June, my Emerson, NJ buds (The Cavos) are making a mini-reunion weekend out of the Walk. 
This will include:

Friday, May 1st - Cub game
Saturday, May 2nd - River Boat Cruise, Millennium Park, Shedd Aquarium, Deep Dish Pizza
Sunday, May 3rd - The Walk
For more details go to Emerson NJ Class of '74
All are welcome!

Join us and be part of our team; walk and donate on Sunday, May 3rd 2015 in Lincolnshire.  At 10:00 am we will start a 4 mile neighborhood walk,starting and finishing at our house. Then spend the afternoon of camaraderie and a backyard picnic with us. Bring your friends.

If you can’t make the trip join our group by donating online through Pay It Square

or by writing a check:

The Myelin Repair Foundation

c/o Bob Gregory

10 Londonderry Lane

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

It’s tax deductible!

My Favorite Day of the Year

Every one of these walks is special. Besides our very much appreciated loyal walkers, we saw the resurgence of our old crew from our single days living downtown. Our adult kids were awestruck by some of the stories challenging their perception that their parents were ever 25 years old.

We raised $24,000 so far with more coming in today. 

Keep checking back to see when we hit our goal!

Circle 2 Dates on Your Calendar: May 4, 2014 & May 4, 2019

It’s time to rally The Johnnie Walkers for our annual Walk on Sunday, May 4^th to raise funds and awareness of the research at The Myelin Repair Foundation.

The MRF has set the goal of having an FDA-approved REPAIR therapeutic on the market by Saturday, May 4^th 2019. That’s in 5 short years! The MRF has met all their milestones on their timeline since its inception in 2004.

You have a front row seat to medical history

“Given the fact that remyelination has quickly become the new vanguard for Multiple Sclerosis treatment”

It’s been quite a year already.  In January, a new partnership was created with The National Institutes of Health to develop a clinical trial for a compound called MRF-008. This compound is a generic drug that the MRF academic research consortium identified as a potential candidate to protect and repair myelin in MS patients. Since MRF-008 is already FDA-approved for another disease indication, the MRF and the NIH see a tremendous opportunity to investigate the repurposing of this drug with its known safety profile. Repurposing takes years off the clinical trial protocol.

Join us and be part of our team; walk and donate on Sunday, May 4th in Lincolnshire.  At 10:30 am we will start a 4 mile neighborhood walk,starting and finishing at our house. Then spend the afternoon of camaraderie and a backyard picnic with us. Bring your friends.

If you can’t make the trip join our group by donating online through Pay It Square or by writing a check:
The Myelin Repair Foundation
c/o Bob Gregory

10 Londonderry Lane

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

It’s tax deductible!

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