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Volunteer Initiatives, Expansion Teams, & Family Funds
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that is a national (and world-wide)
problem. Because it affects people everywhere, it also becomes a local
problem everywhere. It not only affects the person who has MS, but
also their family and loved ones.
Many of our supporters view MS as affecting them primarly at one of
these levels - national, local, or family - so we have set up a number
of ways to support our cause in a manner that reflects these different
views. Large foundations and corporations like to support a nationally
recognizable name while individuals often wish to show their support
through an effort that reflects local or family ties.
We launched our organization in 2001 as the
Boston Cure Project for
Multiple Sclerosis. In 2005 we begin a formal program of national
awareness using the
Accelerated Cure Project name as our national
"umbrella" name. While keeping the Boston Cure Project as national
headquarters and the New England affiliate, we are reaching out to set
up other regional affiliates around the country. This effort is being
supported by a partnership with the John Hancock Long Term Care Group.
Previously we had also begun a program of named funds to address more
personal efforts. These efforts are part of our
Expansion Team Program and they
are often done in the name of a particular person or family.
All of these efforts benefit the same work - our mission to cure
Multiple Sclerosis by determining its causes.
National
Regional Affiliates
Expansion Teams & Family Funds
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