Citizen's Run Trust - 4 August 2013!

Dear Friends,

"Citizen's Run Trust" is an NGO that raises funds for other NGO's by having a "Citizen's Run" every year in the month of August on Marina Beach. They also raise funds by sale of T Shirts and donations from Corporations.

MSSI, Chennai was fortunate to participate in their runs over that last 2 years and was one of the NGO beneficiarries in the run last year.

August 4, 2013 is the date earmarked for the 15th Run. The RUN will start at 4pm from Queen Mary's College. Kamarajar Salai, Chennai - 4, turn at Labour Statue and assemble back at Queen Mary's College around 5.30pm  covering a distance of approx. 4 KMs. After the RUN, there will be an entertainment programme for an hour.

In order to raise funds, the TSHIRTS are on sale in the sizes of S, M, L and XL respectively, priced at Rs. 250/- each. TSHIRTS will be available to buy at the start of the run.

We request you let your friends know about the Run and especially the sale of T shirts and encourage them to participate in the Run.

We look forward to your wholehearted cooperation and involvement, as friends of MSSI, Chennai in supporting the above event. Do contact us if you would like to buy tshirts in advance.

For more information, to see some of our previous campaigns, and to contact us, click these links to our Website and Facebook, or follow us on twitter @MSSICH. To donate securely, please click here: Donate Now!

MSSI Chennai Chapter is fundraising!

Here at MSSI: Chennai Chapter we need your help to provide as much care and support as possible. With this in mind, we are now selling spaces in our 2014 diary for motivational messages / quotes! Each page costs Rs 2000/-. These diaries will be packed full of inspirational quotes, with useful information at the front, and plenty of space, and will be for sale for Rs 250/-. The sale of these high quality items (pictures coming soon) will help to buy medicine for MS patients, as well as providing welcome counseling and advice to carers and families.

With your help, we can improve the quality of life for all people coping with MS in Chennai and its surrounding areas.

For more information, to see some of our previous campaigns, and to contact us, click these links to our Website and Facebook, or follow us on twitter @MSSICH. To donate securely, please click here: Donate Now!

Thank you.

MSSI Chennai Chapter - What We Do...

We are the MSSI Chennai Chapter, a patient support group for people suffering from MS in Chennai and its surrounding areas. Our main aim is to improve the quality of life for people with MS. We achieve this through providing support like physiotherapy, MRI scans, covering some hospital costs and medicine, provision of equipment for care, transport, employment, educational support and counseling. We organise seminars from experts in MS, who are able to explain advances in treatment and management to our members and staff.

MS is a common neurological disorder, diagnosed in young adults. While MS is not contagious,  or shorten life-expectancy, it does decrease a patients quality of life. Due to an auto-immune reaction to the insulation of the Central Nervous System, nerve signals may short circuit, causing reduced or lost body function.

MS effects individuals differently. Symptoms may come and go, or progressively worsen over time. It is all dependent on the scale and location of the damage to the myellin sheaths that protect the Central Nervous System. Early symptoms of MS include tingling sensations, numbness, blurred vision, weakness in limbs. As MS progresses, patients can experience fatigue, muscle spasms, difficulty walking, speech problems, thinking problems, bladder problems and abnormal sensations.

There is no cure to MS yet, but there are ways to manage the disease. Medications are available to slow the progression of MS, and to alleviate some of the symptoms. Counseling services help patients to maintain positive attitudes and outlooks, as do MS support groups and societies. Physiotherapy and exercise help to slow and manage the progression of MS.

At the MSSI Chennai Chapter we provide these services, but we need your help to do more. More volunteers would allow us to make regular visits to offer the counseling patients need, and to allow us to increase awareness in the local community, as MS is often overlooked by families and doctors alike. Donations allow us to provide more medicine for patients, and help us to test and treat new patients.

For more information, to see some of our previous campaigns, and to contact us, click these links to our Website and Facebook, or follow us on twitter @MSSICH. To donate securely, please click here: Donate Now!