Annual Autumn Benefit

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Renewing Hope. Celebrating Life.

2012 DATE & LOCATION ANNOUNCED - Details coming soon

27th Annual Autumn Benefit
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
New York City
The St. Regis New York

2012 Presenting Sponsor

2012 MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Brenda Snow, Can Do MS Board Member
Living with MS
2009 Can Do Award Recipient & Honoree
Founder & CEO, The Snow Companies

 

 

 

For event and sponsorship inquiries:
Vicki Flynn, Senior Development Manager
800-367-3101 ext. 1275 / 970-926-1275 / vflynn@mscando.org

 

Thank you to our sponsors and event attendees for making our 2011 event so memorable. 
Can Do MS honored Joyce Nelson, President and CEO Emeritus of the National MS Society, with a Can Do Award for demonstrating the can do spirit and making significant contribution to improving the lives of others with MS. By focusing on what she and the National MS Society can do, Joyce and the Society have become a driving force of MS research, relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatment and a cure for the disease while addressing the challenges of each person whose life is affected by MS. 

Our 2011 event was the most successful so far with more than 170 attendees who helped raise $200,000 to support Can Do MS’s lifestyle empowerment programs.  

 

Read Doug Franklin’s, MS Coalition President, Remarks about Joyce Nelson’s contribution to MS

2011 Event Photos

View 2011 Facebook Event

2011 HONOREE & CAN DO AWARD RECIPIENT

Joyce Nelson, President and CEO – National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Joyce Nelson is President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, an organization committed to bringing about a world free of MS while addressing the challenges of everyone affected by MS. Joyce joined the National MS Society in 1983 and became its President and CEO in 2004. Since 2007, she has also served as CEO of Fast Forward, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Society dedicated to accelerating the development of research discoveries into new or improved treatments for people with MS. Joyce also served as a board member of the Multiple Sclerosis International Foundation (MSIF). Following her retirement from the Society in September of 2011, Joyce will remain active in a variety of MS-related roles.

 
2011 Presenting Sponsors

           

Hospitality Sponsors
Biogen Idec 
Genzyme
Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Table Sponsors
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc 
Alan & Katherine Stroock Fund
Genentech
Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP
National MS Society 
O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP
Ron Snow
Snow Companies 
Teva Neuroscience

Program Sponsor
Allergan
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Wine Sponsor
R & B Cellars

Can’t attend?
You can still make a gift online.

PAST HONOREES
2011  Joyce Nelson, President and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
2010  June Halper, MSN, ANP, FAAN
2009  Brenda Snow
2008  Randall T. Schapiro, M.D.
2007  The Multiple Sclerosis Coalition
2006  Teri Garr
2005  Richard Cohen and Meredith Vieira
2004  Walter Fischer
2003  Billy Kidd
2002  David Dana
2001  Jean Claude Killy
2000  Bruce Hallett
1999  Roland Puton
1998  Tom Brokaw
1997  Bob Beattie
1996  Don Elliman
1995  The 1985 Alyeska Olympians:  Paul Crews, Stein Eriksen, Leif Grevle, Mike Halstead, Jan Helén, Billy Kidd, Jean Claude Killy, Steve Lathrop, Phil Mahre, Bernhard Russi
1994  Jean Claude Killy
1993  Tommy John
1992  Greg LeMond
1991  Crown Royal Achievement Award:  Scott Hamilton, Wilma Rudolph, Rocky Bleier, Jeff Blatnick, Tommy John, Gayle Sayers
1990  The Honorable Jack Kemp
1989  Chris Evert and Andy Mill
1988  Jimmie Heuga and Billy Kidd

Launched by Debbie Dana Heuga and David Dana in 1986, Annual Autumn Benefit celebrates the legacy of organizational founder Jimmie Heuga by honoring an individual in the community who demonstrates the can do spirit and who has made a significant contribution to improving the lives of others with MS.