| Last updated on August 14, 2007 |
The mission of our Chapter is to improve the quality of life of everyone in our Chapter community who is affected by MS and to fund MS research into treatments and a cure.
Description:
The Greater Washington Chapter serves 7500 people living with MS and more than 43,000 family members, friends and caregivers in 23 counties in Western and Central Washington.
We empower people with MS to live independently, enhance their health and improve their knowledge. We offer peer support, wellness seminars, up-to-date information and education, recreational activities, care management, political advocacy, financial assistance for temporary help and additional client programs.
The Greater Washington Chapter is dedicated to raising funds to support both local and national programs as well as research efforts. The National MS Society is entirely privately funded through generous gifts from individuals and corporations.
History:
Sylvia Lawry founded the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 1946 after her younger brother, Bernard, was diagnosed with the disease. In her quest for a cure for MS, she placed an ad in The New York Times stating "Multiple Sclerosis: Will anyone recovered from it please communicate with patient." When the more than 50 replies she received were from individuals as desperate as she to find encouraging news about MS, Lawry realized the need for an organized effort to stimulate and finance research into the cure, treatment, and cause of multiple sclerosis. The result was that on March 11, 1946, Lawry gathered 20 of the nation's most prominent research scientists and founded what would become the National MS Society.
In 1958, the first office in Western Washington opened in Tacoma and served the Pierce County community. Four years later, in 1962, another office opened in Seattle that covered ten counties throughout the Puget Sound area. In 1974, our organization expanded to cover Eastern Washington, opening an office in Yakima that covered five counties in Central Washington. In 1998, to better serve our client community, the offices were combined to form the Greater Washington Chapter.
Contact person: Erica De Klerk, Volunteer And TeamMS Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (206) 284-4972
Address:
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192 Nickerson Street, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109
This location is handicap accessible
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Web Site: http://www.nmsswas.org
Directions:
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FROM I-5 NORTH OR SOUTH
·Take Mercer Street exit.
·Follow flow of traffic to the right (on Fairview).
·Turn left onto Valley Street.
·Stay in far right lane and exit to Westlake Avenue N.
·Continue north in the left lane on Westlake Avenue N.
·Westlake Avenue. . . (more)
Nearest Bus Stop: 13, 5 minute walk |
Miscellaneous Information
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Yes
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| Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers? |
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Yes
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| Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18? |
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