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Thank You, Andy Grove

3/24/2016

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We would like to take a moment to recognize the incredible contributions of Andy Grove.  Andy Grove was a survivor of the Holocaust, the founder and CEO of Intel, and a major supporter within the Parkinson's community.  

In 1999, at the age of 63, Andy was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.  He became a force within the PD community and contributed significantly to Parkinson's research and initiatives.  In September 2015, Forging Resilience travelled to Israel and photographed several people that were participating in the Kinetics Foundation's research. 

Forging Resilience is grateful for the unique connections we made in Israel.  Together with our partners at Summit for Parkinson's and the World Parkinson Coalition, we were honored to witness and watch first-hand the benefits of his programs. 

​Thank you, Andy Grove, for all you have done for the Parkinson's community.
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Ami Arieli, Age 71, Living with Parkinson's, with Itzik Feldman, Intel employee. Israel.
​Programming a Pebble Watch with the Fox Insight App.
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Call for Quotes and Stories:  We have collected over a thousand quotes from nine different countries and we need more....lots more!  Help us Build our tree of resilience. Click the button below to submit your story.

3/23/2016

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“Failure is giving up.  Trust your journey even when you don’t understand it..” Allison Smith
Allison Smith, Age 38, USA
Living with young-onset Parkinson’s

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Please help us build our Forging Resilience tree 

3/17/2016

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The Forging Resilience Art Installation brings together thousands of journeys of resilience from the global Parkinson's community.  The installation features a tree with thousands of leaves that is inspired, designed, and constructed of encouraging quotes, stories, texts, wordplay and photography from individuals living with or impacted by Parkinson’s.
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Thank you for a wonderful performance and being fantastic project partners.

2/22/2016

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What would you say about Parkinson’s disease?

2/19/2016

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If someone asked you, “Tell me about your Parkinson’s disease”, what would you say? Would it be something optimistic, inspirational or motivating? Or maybe it would be something fearful, angry, or sad? There is no right answer… just as long as it comes from the heart. One of the main reasons people read my blog… other than the fact that I’m incredibly witty and charming… is because I’m sharing moments of my life challenged by Parkinson’s disease. It’s a story that people can relate to. I feel honored that my blog can encourage Parkies to keep pushing forward. To not let their illness define who they are. To find strength in the difficult times and to reaffirm that they’re not alone. This sharing becomes extremely powerful. So when I heard about “The Forging Resilience Art Project”, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to help others share their story.

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“The Forging Resilience Art Project” has a mission to bring together inspiring quotes, stories, texts, wordplay and photography to highlight and share the many journeys of resilience from the global Parkinson’s community into one installation that will take the shape of a tree with thousands of leaves. Each leaf will have the quote or message of someone living with or touched by Parkinson’s from around the world. The first international exhibition will then open at the 4th World Parkinson Congress (WPC) from September 20th-23rd at the Oregon Convention Center, OCC in Portland, Oregon. If you haven’t registered to go to the WPC… Well chop chop! You don’t want to miss one of the most life-altering Parkinson’s experiences you can have. Plus, I will be there… how much cooler can it get! How do I turn my story in you ask? Click this line… to share your adventures… you know you want to! So be sure to submit your quote or story and I’m looking forward to reading them all in Portland at the WPC!

By: PerkyParkie
www.parkinsonsinbalance.net




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    We believe that your story can inspire someone else to have the courage to say the real thing, the scary thing, the complicated or messy thing...the truth we have not yet uttered.
    It is our hope in the midst of suffering and surrender;
    a connection will be forged to one another, and most importantly to our authentic selves.

    By sharing our journeys of resilience, we invoke the age-old art of storytelling as a road to each other and to our deepest selves.

    Carolyn and Hadley

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