National MS Society
Jonah Sperry
Get To Know NMSS
The founder of this organization is Sylvia Lawry, and was created March 11, 1946. She created it because her younger littler brother Bernard started having trouble balancing, and seeing correctly, all symptoms of M.S. Sylvia devoted her whole life to finding a cure for him and thousands of others. You can find the NMSS located in the U.S, UK, Canada, and Australia.
How They Help
83% of all their resources goes to research, and the other 17% goes to fundraising. While they don't do the research themselves, they fund lots of colleges like, Harvard, Yale, and John Hopkins University to do research on M.S to find cures and ways to prevent the disease.
People That Turned M.S Into A Positive
Kathryn Sanchez
Kathryn, like many others, have been helped by NMSS by their college scholarship program for students with parents that have M.S.
Lori Schneider
While many people have M.S, I chose to pick Lori's story because of her approach to M.S. While M.S is a chronic disease that leaves many immobile, not Lori. Lori spends her days mountain climbing and exploring. She has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.
Morgan Ray
Just like Kathryn, Morgan received the same scholarship which helps her pay for college.
Goals
Goals Of National MS Society
Their main goals are to one find a cure, prevent it, and help people recover who have had it. They have spent over 900,000,000 dollars on research and 250,000,000 in just the past 5 years.