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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10 April 2008
Media Contact:
Corin Walson, APR (714) 921-8850
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National Fibromyalgia Association Hosts Inaugural
“Walk of F.A.M.E.” (Fibromyalgia Awareness Means Everything) at The Block at Orange
 ANAHEIM, Calif---Do you or does someone you love have fibromyalgia? Do you want to learn
how to have a better quality of life despite this chronic pain disorder?
On Saturday May 10, the National Fibromyalgia Association will be hosting the inaugural “Walk of F.A.M.E.” (Fibromyalgia Awareness Means Everything), a run/walk and health expo at The Block at Orange.
The event is part of the NFA’s annual commemoration of National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. This year’s theme is “Caring by Sharing,” a nationwide, multi-faceted campaign designed to provide three different opportunities for support group leaders, advocates, patients, caregivers, healthcare providers and the FM community as a whole to express their support for the cause.
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| Cathy Silvers will be signing her newly released book, “Happy Days, Healthy Living” at the health expo. | “We are confident that through the fibromyalgia community’s combined efforts, we will continue to move forward in raising awareness and providing a better quality of life for the millions of people suffering with this chronic pain disorder,” says Lynne Matallana, president and founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association.
To register for Walk of F.A.M.E., call the NFA at 714-921-0150 or visit their website at http://www.fmaware.org/.
Walk of F.A.M.E. Highlights
President’s WALK Sign up to be a special team member with NFA president and founder, Lynne Matallana. President’s Team Members will also be invited to an exclusive intimate pre-event cocktail party at the new NFA headquarters in Anaheim on Friday, May 9. For more details contact Megan Morrisroe at 714-921-0150; mmorrisroe@fmaware.org.
Cathy Silvers, who played the character of Jenny Piccalo on the hit sit-com Happy Days, and whose mother-in-law has fibromyalgia, will be signing her newly released book, “Happy Days, Healthy Living” at the health expo. Silvers, now a mother of four and a health and nutrition lifestyle coach, is also host of her own shows “The Healthy Living Show” and “The Healthy Living Kids Show.”
Other sponsors/exhibitors
Sponsors of the National Fibromyalgia Association’s “Walk of F.A.M.E.” include Pfizer the University of California, Irvine, Fibronol, Fluid Essentials, Cuddle Ewe, Kantor & Kantor LLP, Time Warner Cable and Jack FM 93.1
ABOUT THE NATIONAL FIBROMYALGIA ASSOCIATION:
The National Fibromyalgia Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to develop and execute programs dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with fibromyalgia. The NFA publishes a quarterly magazine, Fibromyalgia AWARE, and hosts an award-winning website at http://fmaware.org/.
CONTACTS:
National Fibromyalgia Association
April Quinn, Sr. Director, Programs & Advocacy
714-921-0150
aquinn@fmaware.org
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Access Media Group, Inc.
714-921-8850
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