{"id":61021,"date":"2018-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/01\/25\/time-out-with-t-o-putting-parkinsons-on-ice\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:48:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:48:05","slug":"time-out-with-t-o-putting-parkinsons-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/01\/25\/time-out-with-t-o-putting-parkinsons-on-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Time out with T.O. – Putting Parkinson’s on ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singer Neil Diamond’s announcement this week that he has Parkinson’s disease serves as a perfect reminder of why the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s exists.<\/p>\n

Between 7-10 million people around the world — and more than 1 million Americans — are currently living with Parkinson’s. In the U.S. alone, more people have Parkinson’s than the combined number of people with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig’s disease.<\/p>\n

With the number of elderly people soaring, the incidence of Parkinson’s is expected to double over the next 40 years with 4 percent of people over age 50 impacted.<\/p>\n

There is no cure for Parkinson’s, but there is hope. It comes in the form of research. <\/p>\n

By contributing to the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s, we can provide support for the cutting-edge Parkinson’s research going on at UNMC. <\/p>\n

To make a donation to the University of Nebraska Foundation to go toward Parkinson’s research at UNMC, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

You also can donate to Parkinson’s Nebraska, a charitable organization committed to helping people affected by Parkinson’s disease, by going to their Eventbrite website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The cost to participate in the skate-a-thon is $15. The registration fee includes skate rental and ice access. <\/p>\n

“Anybody can make a donation,” said Ted Wuebben, whose family brought the skate-a-thon to the UNMC Ice Rink in 2011. “You don’t have to be a skater. Just go to either the NU Foundation or Parkinson’s Nebraska website and make a donation or stop by the ice rink. Any donation amount – big or small – is appreciated. You’ll feel great about doing it.”<\/p>\n

In honor of Diamond, Wuebben’s daughter, Jenny Knutson, took to her Facebook page yesterday and posted the following message:<\/p>\n

“I invite you to join us on the ice this Friday. All the Hands, touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you to bring awareness to this disease. <\/p>\n

Come down and say Hello Again to the volunteers and smiling faces you met last year. <\/p>\n

Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies! It’s a 24-hour event. We got all night to set the world right. <\/p>\n

Whether you skate for an hour, or only come for the food, <\/p>\n

The good times never seemed so good….<\/p>\n

Help us put Parkinson’s on ice.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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