Local Yoga Teacher helps MS patients live easier!
Mindy Eisenberg has a passion for helping people live with Multiple Sclerosis – first her mother, and for the past 10 years, Michigan residents living with the chronic disease. That’s why she puts her heart and soul into planning an annual fundraiser to gather funds for special Yoga for MS classes so students don’t have to pay exorbitant amounts.
This year’s event, which takes place November 16th at the Troy Marriott and honors four clinicians from local MS clinics, will gather many from the MS world – doctors, physician assistants, nurses and patients as well as their families and friends – to focus on therapeutic yoga that supports those living with MS. The fundraiser supports the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (MSF), which provides services and education as well as underwriting therapeutic yoga classes for people with MS.
“Party With a Purpose,” the November MS fundraiser, honors Dr. William Leuchter (Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and has been in private practice in Southfield since 1976), Dr. James Voci (Director of Neurology at Beaumont Grosse Pointe and practices at Michigan Neurology Associates on the East side), Elizabeth Cobb (Dr. Leuchter’s assistant at his Southfield practice since 1998) and Jennifer Lombardo (has worked with Dr. Voci for more than 8 years). Three of the four honorees actively practice yoga, and all strongly believe yoga should be part of the treatment plan for those with MS.
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Diane Ring, who created yoga for MS in 2005, will be presented with the Founder’s Award. Erica Coulston, President of Walk the Line to SCI Recovery, Inc., and the 2013 winner of Oakland County’s Elite 40 under 40, will be the keynote speaker. In 2001, at the age of 23, Coulston sustained a spinal cord injury, which left her paralyzed from the chest down. After attending other programs with limited physical success, Coulston co-founded Walk The Line to SCI Recovery in July 2007. This activity-based physical therapy program assists clients with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries to actively pursue recovery from their injuries.
EVENT DETAILS
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Party with a Purpose: A Fundraiser to Benefit Yoga Moves and the MS Foundation
Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 7 p.m.
Troy Marriott Hotel
200 W Big Beaver Road, Troy, Michigan 48084
Attire: Saturday Night Chic (jeans welcome)
Tickets: $75 each (includes dinner, drink, “fishbowl “and silent auction and keynote speaker Erica Coulston)
Register online at Blacktie.com link:
https://www.blacktie-southflorida.com/calendar/event-detail.cfm?id=9354
For information: yogaspiritwellness@gmail.com
