A non-Profit 501c3 organization focusing on quality of life issues.

Welcome to PLWP

People Living With Parkinson's

Share our dream...share our vision!

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First, a warm welcome from Brenda and Nan, the founders of this website, and the members of PLWP.  Whether you have Parkinson’s disease yourself, are a care partner, a child, a friend, or are interested in the disease for other reasons, there is something here for you. We are glad that you have joined us and hope that you will find information and connections that are right for you here.  If you have not officially joined PLWP, Inc., simply click HERE and complete the registration form.

 

It is imperative that you join PLWP's Yahoo Group by the name of plwp2.  Not only do we use this group site for our chat room and message board, we also use the email function exclusively to communicate with our membership.  If you did not join plwp2 when you completed the registration form, just go to plwp2 and join. 

 

Note:  When you join plwp2 Yahoo Group, the default for email is to receive an email of every individual post to the message board.  This could become a burden.  To alleviate that potential problem, simply click on Edit Membership on the home page of plwp2 and then under the topic of Message Delivery, chose your preference.  We ask that you NOT select No Email as this is the tool used by the administration of PLWP, Inc. for mass mailings to its members.

 

PLWP was created to:

  • Provide an on-line site where people living with Parkinson’s could find each other and INFORMATION

  • Financially assist  (BENEVOLENCE) those members of our community who are in need

  • Promote SUPPORT and ENCOURAGEMENT for people living with Parkinson's, their partners, family, and friends

  • Provide and support Parkinson’s AWARENESS activities

  • RAISE FUNDS for benevolence and for Parkinson's research

  • Encourage and promote UNITY
PLWP Website Highlights:
All of these interactions can easily be accessed on our COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
  • VIRTUALITY is our on-line magazine. You’ll find lots to interest you there and you can put your writing talents to use by contributing you own original work.
  • Visit the JOURNALS for personal and ongoing stories of people living with Parkinson’s Disease. This is a very popular site with our membership.
  • Visit the PLWP CHAT ROOM...it's fun, it's helpful, it's FAMILY!
PLWP - The Organization:  
As an international organization that is based solely on the internet, 99% of our membership is people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's.  We do not collect dues.  We have no paid staff.  We do things in a determined, well thought out manner.  We've spent 3 1/2 years building a foundation and understanding how to manage such an organization as we have here. 

PLWP is determined to make a difference.  We have a cord blood donation  for research program called Baby Jack's Cord Blood Project working hand in hand with Harvard Medical.  We have a Patients as Providers Program where we  invite individuals from the medical community to meet with people who have Parkinson's to interact and share information.  Three out of the past four years, we have gone to New York City for the annual Parkinson's Unity Walk averaging approximately 50 team members.
 
PLWP - Is it for you?  
If you have Parkinson's...if you are a relative or a friend of a person diagnosed with  Parkinson's...if you simply care about those with Parkinson's...the answer is YES! 

If you want to volunteer your services with people who want to make a difference, the answer is YES! 

If you only want to find others like yourself and share from time to time, the answer is YES!

If you are still "in the closet" so to speak, not wanting your employer or your clients to know you have PD but needing to talk to others for moral support if nothing else...you require to remain anonymous, the answer is YES!
 
YOU are invited....
Come on in and check us out.  Join us and participate at the level you want.  Sure we need volunteers...sure we need fundraisers...sure we need YOU!  But more importantly, we need each other.  No one should have to go on this journey alone.  With PLWP, no one has to!