January 2024

Happy New Year to All

Thank you to the almost 300 people who have contributed to the PD Active Annual Appeal! Your generosity shows the importance of PD Active to our community. We are heartened by the number of people who contributed for the first time and those who increased their donations in order to make PD Active exercise classes, support groups more widely available.

PD Active membership is growing apace and we look forward to connecting with new and old members in the coming year as we continue to build a strong community.

It's not too late, if you haven't given to the Annual Appeal, you can still make a donation here.

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and Active 2024.

Ping-Pong at the North Oakland Senior Ctr.!

When: Wednesdays

Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Where: North Oakland Senior Center 5714 MLK Way, Oakland CA (entrance on 58th St.)

Because Ping-Pong has been shown to have many benefits for People with PD, PD Active volunteers Deborah Harris and Joanne Ruby are facilitating Ping-Pong at the North Oakland Senior Center.

In addition to the cognitive and motor benefits, it is a fun, wonderful way to build community, and great for the spirits. No experience or equipment are necessary. This is not an instructor-led class, and all levels of experience are invited. Join us!

See more about Ping-Pong and PD here.

For more information contact Cathy Ball at Programdirector@pdactive.org.

More information about the North Oakland Senior Center here.

Ping-pong has clearly been shown to have a positive impact on the progression of the disease and in a way that the medication alone is not doing.

—Dr. Elana Clar, neurologist

PD Active depends on donations to bring programs like these to our members. We remain grateful for your contributions.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

PD Active 2023 Annual Member Survey Report



On December 5th, board members Chad Zucker and Todd Morrish led a discussion of the results of the 2023 PD Active member survey. You can see a recording of it here.

Donors

Merry Abel

Barbara Anderson

Alicia Benito

Grant Bennett

David Berks and Margot Crosman

Elaine Binger

John Bohman

Anne and Mike Boyder

Annise and Arnold Brokstein

Mary Bulota

Tim Crandle

Chris and Kathryn Dann

William Darin

Neil Dickman

Richard Dromgoole

Judi Ettlinger and Carl Gardeman

Robert Ferguson and Janet Nexon

Jake and Freya Fuchs

Bruce and Judy Gorman

April Gray

Janet and Joe Grodin

Janice and Thomas Hollister

Kate Johnson and Kevin Schaeffer

Christina Kellogg

Martin Kershaw

Zyg Kunczynski

Sally Lappen and Nik Warren

Shabbir Latif

Dee and Richard Lawrence

Michael Levin

Bradford Lewis

Baujen Liu and Jim Kuo

Judith and Stanley Lubman

Robert Luhn

Zondra Martin

Donna Mickleson

Harvey Morris

Garet O'Keefe

Robin Okinishi

Stuart Pivnick and Alice Akawie

Jana and Patrick Reed

Devan Reiff

Berne Reuben and Janet Coleman

Jerry Richardson and Neotha Phipps

Patrice Rifkind

Barbara and Sherman Robinson

Joanne Ruby and Bill Rehm

Jackie and N. Garison Ruggles

Steven Russell

Grover Sams

Gail Schatz and Harry Walters

Teresa Seabrook

Richard Feachem and Neelam Sekhri

Koren Snow

Deirdre Sproul

Chris and Annalisa Tay

Michael Thorman and Dena Sneider

Martha Veranth

Linda Whalen

Chad Zucker

Donations in Honor Of

Gail Alter – in honor of Neil Dickman

Juliette Blevins – in honor of Marianne Glaspey

Susan and David Brody – in honor of Stanley Lubman and Sheila Lichtman

Richard Buffler – in honor of Gabriel and Monique

Candice Eggerss – in honor of Judith and Stanley Lubman

Steve Ettlinger – in honor of Judi Ettlinger

Lori Furman – in honor of Gabriel Griego

Maren Hackmann-Mahajan – in honor of Jane Summer

Carol Kusmierski – in honor of Eva Yarmo

Christine and Craig Lauderdale – in honor of Todd Morrish

Jane Lawhon and Suzanne Shanbaum – in honor of Karen Garrison

Drs. Theodore Levin and Rona Bar-Din – in honor of Adam Mizock

Jim and Tracey Lubman – in honor of Judith and Stanley Lubman

Amy Neuburg – in honor of Herb Heinz

Rachel Phillips – in honor of my father

Wes Sokolosky and Evvy Eisen – in honor of Judith and Stanley Lubman

Charles Tart – in honor of Judith Tart

Jan and Stanley Tymorek – in honor of Judi Ettlinger

Donations in Memory Of

Ellen Deitch – in memory of Tom Mogensen

Louise Godfrey – in memory of Anne S.

Evangelyn Kanabus – in memory of George Turner

Johanna Meyer-Mitchell – in memory of Emerson Mitchell

Randy Schekman – in memory of Nancy Walls

David Taylor – in memory of Ann Chandler and Martin Rabkin

New Recurring Donors

Richard Kleiner

Gregory Thomas