Experience exceptional wineries, microbreweries, restaurants, ski resorts, live music, and a silent auction to benefit Can Do MS

Reno, Nevada • January 10, 2012 – Mark your calendar! The 12^th Annual Winter Wine and Ski Expo will be held Thurs., Feb. 2, 2012 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. All event proceeds benefit Can Do Multiple Sclerosis, a national nonprofit organization and innovative provider of lifestyle empowerment programs for people with MS and their support partners.

Tickets are $50 in advance or $60 the day of the event and include access to tastings from exceptional wineries and microbreweries, incredible area restaurants, ski resorts, live music, plus a silent auction extravaganza. Advance tickets are available at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa gift shop (775-824-4467), at Bobo’s Mogul Mouse Ski & Board and Whispering Vine Wine Company locations in Reno, or online at www.mscando.org.

Last year, the Winter Wine and Ski Expo raised more than $24,500 for Can Do MS’s lifestyle empowerment programs. Fundraising events like the Winter Wine and Ski Expo allow Can Do MS to continue to bring lifestyle empowerment programs to Northern California and Nevada for people living with MS. In 2011, Can Do MS provided programs to more than 10,000 people nationwide living with MS at little or no cost to the participant. More than 880 people throughout California and Nevada have attended a Can Do MS program since 2004, including 120 participants served at JUMPSTART Programs in Reno, NV in 2005, 2006, and 2010.

For more information about Can Do MS’s lifestyle empowerment programs, please visit www.mscando.org.

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A national nonprofit organization based in Edwards, Colo., Can Do Multiple Sclerosis is an innovative provider of lifestyle empowerment programs that empower people with MS and their support partners to transform and improve their quality of life. For more information, visit the organization’s website at www.mscando.org or call 970-926-1290. 

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Contact:  Jennifer Myers, Can Do Multiple Sclerosis, Marketing & Communications Manager
Phone: 970-926-1270
Fax: 970-926-1295
Email:  jmyers@mscando.org
Website: www.mscando.org