NOTE TO MEDIA: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter will host a dessert reception to honor and recognize 2008 MS Scholarship recipients Tuesday, July 29, at 7 p.m. Honorees hail from four Connecticut towns: Berlin, Guilford, Southington and Waterford. Reporters are invited and encouraged to attend and cover award recipients. The reception will be held at 659 Tower Ave., First Floor, in Hartford, Conn. RSVP is required. To confirm attendance and secure a media pass, please contact Karen E. Butler, Vice President of Communications, at 860-714-2300, ext. 230. Chapter Honors 2008 National Multiple Sclerosis Scholarship Recipients The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is addressing the challenges of living with MS. We help families with MS keep their lives moving forward. The society is moving lives forward in many ways including through funding higher education. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society Scholarship Program exists to help highly qualified students affected by MS attend college. Finalists are selected by an outside national firm known as Scholarship America. This year’s candidates were selected from a pool of 43 submissions. The Scholarship task force, a committee of the Connecticut Chapter Board of Trustees, awarded scholarships to the four finalists presented by Scholarship America to the chapter. Task force members include Selsa Searfoss; Dr. William Petit, Jr.; Diane Biegle, Ph.D.; and Karen Guarnaccia. 2008 National Multiple Sclerosis Scholarship Recipients:
Guilford resident, Kelsey Hodge can’t remember a day without having to deal with multiple sclerosis. Her mother was diagnosed when Kelsey was just 6 months old. However, this remarkable woman has gone beyond just taking on additional responsibilities. At age 6, she helped establish the MS Junior Ambassador Program. She has devoted herself to the annual with Walk MS for as long as she can remember. Kelsey also participates in many extracurricular activities. She is a certified EMT and will become a member of the Guilford Fire Department when she turns 18 in just a few months.
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