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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING MARCH 7-13, 2016, AS NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

AWARENESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Nunes, Chippendale, Hearn, Bennett, and Tanzi

     Date Introduced: March 09, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the central nervous

system, affecting at least 2.3 million people worldwide; and

     WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter

reports that in our state, it serves more than 2,000 people diagnosed with MS, and that the disease

generally strikes people in the prime of life, between ages 20 through 50, and causes

unpredictable effects in which the progression, severity and specific symptoms cannot be

foreseen, and the cause and cure for this often debilitating disease remain unknown; and

     WHEREAS, The National MS Society, Greater New England Chapter has been

committed for more than 65 years to creating a world free of MS, heightening public knowledge

about and insight into the disease while mobilizing people and resources so that everyone affected

by MS can live their best lives as they stop MS in its tracks, restore what has been lost and end

MS forever; and

     WHEREAS, Since 1946, the National MS Society has been a driving force of MS

research, relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatment and a cure and has invested more than 920

million dollars in groundbreaking research; and

     WHEREAS, Funds raised through the National MS Society fuel the efforts of more than

380 research projects globally totaling nearly 54 million dollars annually at the best medical

centers, universities and other institutions throughout the United States and abroad. Because of

this, MS research has never been more hopeful than it is today; and

     WHEREAS, Discovering the cause, finding a cure, and preventing future generations

from being diagnosed with MS is an important task that all Americans and Rhode Islanders

should support; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby recognizes the importance of finding the cause and cure of MS, a

chronic and often devastating disease, and expresses its appreciation and admiration for the

dedication that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter, has shown

toward a future free of MS; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this House hereby recognizes the week of March 7 – 13, 2016 as

"National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week" and encourages all Rhode Islanders to learn more

about multiple sclerosis and what they can do to support individuals with MS and their families;

and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Warwick office of the National Multiple

Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter.

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