October Support Group Meeting

HELLO EVERYONE:
How is everyone - much better since the cooler weather is here!!!. Yes, it will return....they promised. Anyway we are writing to remind you of our upcoming meeting, Thursday, October 20, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, St Joes Outpatient Rehab, Conference Rm.

IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY HEARD - THE "CONQUER CHIARI WALK ACROSS AMERICA"
HEADED UP BY BETH WELLS, WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. THERE WERE UPWARDS OF 300
ATTENDEES AND ALMOST $10k IN DONATIONS TO GO TO CONQUER CHIARI FOR THE CURE OF CHIARI AND SYRINGO!!! YA--WHOO! WAY TO GO EVERYONE!! IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY ALL AROUND!!

We will be talking about many ITEMS for the UPCOMING YEAR:
-Kathie has some wonderful ideas for speakers thru out the year. Also we are looking to all of you for your SPEAKERS ideas. So put your thinking caps on.

-Dianna will talk about the formation of EVENING MEETINGS

-Need for SELETION OF OFFICERS for our group will be discussed.

-Discuss the possiblitly of having a walk or some other FUND RAISERS for ASAP (American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project, Inc.) in the Spring.

-Talk about up coming EVENTS ACROSS THE VALLEY that our group members could attend to get the word out about our support group.

- Discuss ways to BOOST MEMBERSHIP of group.

-Talk about how to INCREASE ATTENDANCE/INVOLVEMENT of members. It is a shame we have many members on our rolls and so few who actually help out.

-CHANGE OF TIME and possibly DAY of current meetings in order to get old time back

One of our members, Crystal, will talk about her experience with Mangosteen and how it has helped with her diagnosis of Syringo.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A GOOD CROWD TO HELP WITH THESE DECISIONS FOR THE UP COMING YEAR. SO....SEE YOU ALL SOON!!!!