GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY – BE A PSN BUDDY^sm

Would you be willing to help a fellow Person-with-Parkinson’s Disease?  We hope you will.
 
Frequently PSN receives inquiries from those newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, as well as people who are not newly diagnosed, seeking to speak with a fellow Parkinsonian on a one-on-one basis.
 
If you wish to help your fellow Parkinsonians by engaging in a telephone conversation, please let the PSN Board know.  With your permission, we will provide your telephone number and email address on request.  We will, of course, let you know each time we share this information.
 
To participate, kindly email board@parkinsonsocialnetwork.org, or call our office at 571-286-5000.

This Month’s Events:

World Parkinson Congress (WPC)
Video Festival

Tuesday, March 12
10:00am – 11:30am ET
(9am CT, 8am MT, 7am PT)

Join us as we watch and discuss World Parkinson Congress (WPC) Video competition participant and winner videos. These videos are created by those living with Parkinson’s disease. We will view videos from the past 4 WPC Congresses.

Click Here to Register for this Event

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Preparing for and Preventing Medical Emergencies

Wednesday, March 20
10:00am – 11:30pm ET
(9am CT, 8am MT, 7am PT)

Preparing for medical emergencies can help reduce the stress of these situations. What can you do to prepare for these situations? Join us as we discuss things you can do to prepare and possibly prevent these emergencies.

Click Here to Register for this Event

Living Well as a Carepartner –
Evening Event

Tuesday, March 26
7pm – 8pm ET
(6pm CT, 5pm MT, 4pm PT)

We welcome those who are caregivers and/or carepartners to join us for this evening meeting to discuss living well as a carepartner. We will discuss tips and strategies about how you, as a carepartner, can help yourself live well. We encourage you to participate and share in the discussion.

Click Here to Register for this Event

Happening In Our Parkinson’s Community…

• April 6, 9am-2pm – All IN for Parkinson’s – TODOS JUNTOS por el Parkinson – In Person and bilingual event – Woodbridge, VA
• FIRST EVER BLACK PD SUMMIT (various dates) For more information, contact sig.blackdiaspora@aol.com
• April 11 – World Parkinson’s Day and WPD24 Live Stream
• April 27 – VCU Health Parkinson’s Disease Symposium in Richmond VA, in-person only.
• The Southeast/Richmond PADRECC has announced their 2024 speaker/schedule of online events.
• First Wednesday of every month / 1:00 PM ET, online/virtual – Partners in Parkinson’s – Discussion and support for care partners and families of people with Parkinson’s Disease | Meeting ID: 892 0510 3333, Invite Link: https://apdaparkinson.zoom.us/j/89205103333
• Dance for PD restarted for the Spring in-person session at George Mason University GMU – visit their website for more details.
• NEW! Dance for PD in Staunton VA – download the flyer here. 
• The Davis Phinney Foundation Parkinson’s Care Partner Training is available to you for free and on your schedule.
• Live in Maryland? MAPS has a very extensive support group listing on their website.
• Marymount University’s PT Program is conducting a research study and recruiting study participants to measure the impact of climbing on physical and psychosocial measures of people with PD. To learn more about study, visit their website.
• Dance for Parkinson’s program at James Madison University – JMU has in-person and Zoom online classes. For more information about this program, visit their website here.
• Veteran’s with Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease (online) through Richmond VA/PADRECC, for more info, download this flyer!
• SPEAK OUT! Online Home practice sessions are available each day at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT from Parkinson Voice Project.
• Sign up for PD Avengers TODAY! PD Avengers is the Global Alliance to End Parkinson’s Disease.