PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC

Pillar 3 - educating and empowering the parkinson's community: we provide a variety of in-person and virtual resources, helping everyone live better with parkinson's. The foundation is the first organization to form a parkinson's advisory council and the first to train people with pd to partner with scientists on research. We help people live well with pd by providing free resources, including an interactive virtual series, pd health @ home, which features events focused on wellness, exercise and mental health, a newly diagnosed guide designed to help people with parkinson's and their loved ones get started on their pd journey and a toll-free helpline staffed by parkinson's specialists who answer questions in english and spanish on nearly 25,000 calls annually. We also fund community grants annually to support programs that further the health, wellness and education of people with parkinson's disease in local communities across the u.s. We bring local communities together through moving day, a walk for parkinson's. This national grassroots event has raised $50.2 million since inception to support parkinson's research and local wellness programs across the country.