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short term rehabilitation therapy, counseling, short term home care, medical transportation, and limited assistance for past due utilities and rent/mortgage. If you have a financial need and would like information on qualifications, please call 1-800-FIGHT- MS (1-800-344-4867), option 1, for more details and to request an application. If you have received assistance in the past, you will need to submit a new application. Our website has details on the financial assistance program at nationalMSsociety.org/mig.
2014 Scholarship Program MS shouldn’t stand in the way of an education. This is why the National MS Society’s scholarship program exists — to help highly qualified students who have been diagnosed with MS or who have a parent with MS achieve their dreams of going to college. The Society established its scholarship program in 2003 and the program continues to grow both in terms of support and scholarships awarded. In its first year of operation the program awarded 36 scholarships for a total of $68,000; in 2013 over $1 million was awarded. Three recipients were from Michigan. The e-application will be “live” on the national site on October 1. For more information please visit our national web page at nationalMSsociety.org/scholarship or call 1-800-344-4867.
Announcing New Self Help Groups: Holland Self-Help Group Dewitt Professional Building Zeeland Hospital 8333 Felch Street, Zeeland, MI 49464 Group meets the first Wednesday of the month from 7:00-9:00pm Please contact Maureen Dunn at 616-395-7695 for more information. Macomb County Men’s Group Utica United Methodist Church 8650 Canal Road Sterling Heights, MI 48314 Tuesday, September 24, 7:00-9:00pm Meetings are held four times per year. Please contact Mark Maciejewski at 248-620-1998 for more information. Downriver Self Help Group Southgate Veterans Memorial Library 14680 Dix Toledo Road Southgate, MI 48195 Beginning in September, meetings will be held the first Tuesday of the month from 1:00-2:30pm and the third Thursday of the month from 6:00-7:30pm. Please contact Cindy McGrath at 734-284-2228 or Stephanie Junior at 313-550-2080 for more information.