With Manhattan’s weather being so very challenging, why not spend a cool, fun evening helping to raise money for an important cause!
The News Corporation is presenting its 28th Annual Summertime Party to help raise funds for The National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The event will be taking place on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 at a brand new venue, The Greenwich Village Country Club at Bowlmor Lanes in the heart of Union Square. The event is from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and the ticket price includes 3 hours of a premium open bar, fun food, access to all activities including a 9 hole mini golf course and of course, a lot of bowling lanes! In addition, there’ll be a silent auction, raffles with cool fun prizes and great live music!
So what is Multiple Sclerosis?
Multiple Sclerosis is said to be a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system which affects one’s brain, spinal cord, and the nerve fibers to the eyes. Autoimmune disorders happen when a person’s immune system, which normally is supposed to protect the body actually otherwise attacks and destroys the body’s healthy tissue. When that happens and the covering of the body’s nerve fibers are damaged then nerve impulses are interrupted and one will experience the symptoms of the disease.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will be the recipient of the funds raised on the 26th. The Society is a group of passionate individuals who want to create a world free of MS. In that dedicated spirit, The Society helps each person with MS address their daily challenges through their 50 state “chapter” network. The Society does this by funding cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education and provides programs and services that help people with MS and their families to move their lives forward!
Contributed by Sora Vernikoff
Jessica Tiare Bowen lives in the juicy Big Apple with her adorable pink-nosed chihuahua, Gillman. He’s the inspiration for her first published children’s book, “Park Avenue Pound Puppy.” The book is the combined result of her two greatest passions: pooches and penning stories.
Her passions include art, urban hikes through Manhattan, drinking coffee with 3 creams and 6 sugars, making extremely detailed itineraries and traveling to far away places, singing along to Broadway shows, Netflix movie nights, discovering incredible treasures at Goodwill and thrift stores, and listening to stories from little people under 7 and big people over 70.
She started her career as New York City Teaching Fellow, teaching elementary school and theater arts at a special education school in the South Bronx for 6 years. She is now a Special Education School Improvement Specialist working in public schools throughout New York City. She is the Editor-In-Chief of the online New York City travel magazine, Used York City. The magazine focuses on finding the best of New York…as used by New Yorkers. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and an ASPCA Ambassador.
