UPDATE to the MS
Community
Press release – January 4, 2013
Community
Press release – January 4, 2013
We are
deeply sorry to announce the loss of a passionate advocate for the MS
community. Helen Mangan, MSF’s Associate Director of Support Groups and
Outreach has passed away. Since 1995, Helen had worked tirelessly to
provide support for people with MS and their families.
deeply sorry to announce the loss of a passionate advocate for the MS
community. Helen Mangan, MSF’s Associate Director of Support Groups and
Outreach has passed away. Since 1995, Helen had worked tirelessly to
provide support for people with MS and their families.
Helen
wholeheartedly believed in the power of support groups to give people the
strength to battle multiple sclerosis. Over 17 years with the MSF, she nurtured
the growth of the MSF’s Support Group Program from a dozen scattered groups in
1996 to a nationwide network of nearly 150 thriving groups today. Helen’s
vision of a support group as a positive, enriching part of life for people with
MS helped nourish a movement away from support groups as ‘pity parties’ and
toward groups that serve to provide a sense of community and camaraderie.
wholeheartedly believed in the power of support groups to give people the
strength to battle multiple sclerosis. Over 17 years with the MSF, she nurtured
the growth of the MSF’s Support Group Program from a dozen scattered groups in
1996 to a nationwide network of nearly 150 thriving groups today. Helen’s
vision of a support group as a positive, enriching part of life for people with
MS helped nourish a movement away from support groups as ‘pity parties’ and
toward groups that serve to provide a sense of community and camaraderie.
Over the
years, thousands of people with MS and caregivers came to know Helen and to
count her as a friend. Her energy, determination, and compassion were an
inspiration. Her passing is a loss to the entire MS community.
years, thousands of people with MS and caregivers came to know Helen and to
count her as a friend. Her energy, determination, and compassion were an
inspiration. Her passing is a loss to the entire MS community.
Helen’s first priority was serving the needs of the groups she assisted, so the
MSF will continue to be there for the support group leaders, co-leaders and
members who meant so much to her. MSF’s Lead Caseworker Crystal Milligan will
be stepping in to keep Helen’s legacy thriving.
Those who would like to share their positive memories and recollections about
Helen can email them to editor@msfocus.org
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I had known Helen for
almost as long as I have been diagnosed with MS.
almost as long as I have been diagnosed with MS.
I am partially, who I am today,
because of how Helen encouraged me to go forth with what I do today for those affected by MS….
because of how Helen encouraged me to go forth with what I do today for those affected by MS….
~~ Stuart Schlossman, MS
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