From: "National Research Fund for Tick-Borne Diseases, Inc."
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: Lyme Disease Organization Goes National/Announces Inaugural Fundraiser
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LYME DISEASE ORGANIZATION GOES NATIONAL
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH FUND FOR TICK-BORNE DISEASES, INC. ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL
FUNDRAISER
(Wilton, Connecticut - October 3, 2002) -- The National Research Fund for
Tick-Borne Diseases, Inc. (NRFTD) has transformed itself from a regional
body, the Wilton Task Force on Lyme Disease, into a national organization
whose primary mission is to fund scientific research at preeminent academic
institutions.
In celebration of its new national focus, the NRFTD will honor renowned
television star David Canary of "All My Children," preeminent Lyme
researcher Sam T. Donta, M.D., Director of the Lyme Disease Unit at Boston
University Medical Center, and international jazz vocalist and composer
Janet Marlow at "Dance the Lyme Away Under the New York Stars," a
fundraising dinner cruise scheduled for Saturday, November 16, 2002. The
event will include dancing, live auction and raffles aboard World Yacht's
premier dining vessel in New York City. All proceeds will support research
for tick-borne diseases.
Lyme disease cases continue to mount nationwide, even as other tick-borne
pathogens emerge. Diagnostic and treatment issues--unclear and controversial
before---are even more complex today. Although thousands of adults and
children across the nation suffer the devastating effects of mysterious,
progressively destructive symptoms, little conclusive research exists to
validate their experience. As the number of cases expands geographically and
exponentially, scientific understanding of tick-borne illness remains in its
infancy.
Determined to achieve a new era of enlightenment regarding complicated,
potentially co-mingled, tick-borne diseases, the NRFTD will devote itself to
fundraising for scientific research. Its primary goals include improved
diagnostic testing, clarification of disease processes, and cures for
tick-borne diseases. Such research, the NRFTD believes--including areas of
science that have not yet been investigated--will significantly reduce the
risk and impact of tick-borne illness and provide hope to patients
everywhere.
"Although we are enormously excited by the potential of the innovative
research initiatives we have funded to date, we know there is much more to
be done, " said Cathy Morrissey, President of the NRFTD. "We believe our
emphasis on funding research will advance scientific knowledge as never
before, providing hope to all afflicted, and all threatened, by this growing
epidemic."
For more information please write NRFTD PO Box 643, Wilton, CT 06897 or call
203-563-0000.
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