Welcome to the Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society!

MS Licence Plates are Now Available!!
The New York State Chapters of the MS Society have helped to pass a bill for a new license plate that will increase awareness and help our cause. Click here to learn more.

Be a part of this exciting research fundraising program!
Click here for details.   

 

The National MS Society is committed to building a movement by and for people with MS that will move us closer to a world free of this disease.

To ignite this movement, we have developed a new language and look to help people better understand what it means to live with MS.

Take action. Join the movement.

Help Fight MS, Volunteer Today!
Volunteers are always needed to help with a variety of activities and events.  Click here for more information or to sign up.

To Mail a Check to Us
Please send it payable to NMSS to the address listed on above left corner of our site. Be sure to include the participant name on your check if it is for an event.

i'm Making a Difference
Every time you have an IM conversation using Windows Live™ Messenger, Microsoft will donate a portion of its advertising revenue to National MS Society. Visit im.live.com to join now.

The National MS Society has partnered with Crocs to bring you MS Crocs. A respected corporate citizen, Crocs, the company best known for its colorful and comfortable shoes, has joined the movement to end MS and partnered with the National MS Society to design the MS Crocs.  Available in the Society’s trademark orange, MS Crocs can be purchased now on the Crocs website www.crocs.com/cares.  For every purchase of the MS Crocs, $2 will go back to the Society (a minimum total of $25,000) and the buyer will receive a free “Jibbitz” with the MS logo (Jibbitz are small decorative “charms” that fit into a hole on the front of the shoe.)  Pick up your pair today!

 Spread the word about new ways to fight MS

Thanks to significant advances in research, the FDA has approved several treatments that may alter the underlying disease course of multiple sclerosis, and early treatment is critically important. People with MS should consult their doctors about using one of these FDA-approved medications and other effective treatments for the symptoms of MS. If you or someone you know has MS, contact the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at 1-800-344-4867 or click here.

 Primary Progressive MS Teleconference:
September 18th, 2008 at 10:30am

Research Perspectives: The Role of Genetics in MS.

Although MS is not inherited directly, there appears to be a genetic predisposition to developing the disease. A major effort has been under way for over a decade to search for the genetics underpinnings of multiple sclerosis - the inherited set of genes that makes people susceptible to developing the disease. If successful, it would give scientists a roadmap to the cause of MS, as well as concrete targets for new therapies and possibly even ways to prevent the disease.

Date: September 22nd, 2008 from 6pm to 8pm.
Location: 1800 East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT.
Presenter: David Hafler, MD

To Register, contact Debby Bennett at (914) 684 1655 Ext. 38 or email her at debby.bennett@nyv.nmss.org.

Spring Fling was a huge success!

Check out some photos from this event that took place of June 13th, 2008.

Click here to view photos.