WAMS-Women Against MS Luncheon

Today my mom and I went to the Women Against MS Luncheon at the Montelucia Resort & Spa in Paradise Valley. It was such an inspirational day and a fun girl day with my mom. It was a great birthday present from her too. Afterwards we tried to go to the spa, but they were booked so we relaxed with some wine and laughs! Below are some of the details from the luncheon. Can't wait to go again next year.

About WAMSWomen Against MS (WAMS) is a nationwide education and fundraising program. WAMS creates a social environment for like minded people to gather, learn about multiple sclerosis, and raise funds to fight MS. Each WAMS event has a steering committee of women leaders committed to the MS cause who ask their friends and business associates to join them for lunch and make a set minimum charitable donation to help create a world free MS.
While men are certainly welcome to join this event, it was founded by women who wanted to join together in moving towards a cure for MS. Two thirds of the people living with MS are women, and women often are the care providers for everyone else. The WAMS luncheon creates an opportunity to empower each other to create a better future for those living with MS today and those who haven't yet been diagnosed.

Join the amazing group of women in the Arizona community who are doing something about MS now.

About the Speaker Former NBC’s Days of our Lives star Martha Madison knows the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. She has seen real-life drama unfold in her mother’s battle with the disease. Madison was six years old when her mother, a single parent, was diagnosed with MS but she did not truly understand how MS affected her mother until they lived alone, after her siblings had moved out, when she was 13. She learned, like many family members and caregivers of those with MS, that this is a disease that involves and changes the whole family.“As I grew older, I began to understand that my mother was really sick. She had her fair share of good days, but her periodic attacks got worse and worse. A childhood memory that will never escape me was visiting her in the hospital; she was partially paralyzed and wearing an eye patch because she had temporarily gone blind. I was so scared and confused but her tremendous courage and resilience, as well as available treatments, brought us all through it.”Unfortunately, Madison fears that her mother’s health is getting worse. “The progression is moving quickly and I am as scared now as I was when I was that little girl seeing her mom lying in that hospital bed. That fear, along with the endless love I have for my mom, has ignited my initiative to share our story.”

In the Summer of 2005, this talented actress became an Ambassador for the National MS Society to help raise awareness so that someday there will be a cure to help people like her mother.