Al Lopez Park 4/29/23
Moving Day Tampa Bay!
Team pdLIFE had a strong showing at Moving Day with a sea of lime shirts, lively exercise demonstrations, and our fearless leader as the MC.
We raised >$1,000 as a team and are thankful for the support of the Parkinson Foundation for our organization with a community grant!
11/19/2022
Continuing Education
pdLIFE and Nova Southeastern University collaborated to provide a FREE intensive weekend course for over 30 Bay Area healthcare providers for advanced Parkinson's care training.
Providers attended from Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, and Hernando Counties.
We're providing education to ensure you have ACCESS to Parkinson
MacFarlane Park 11/5/22
PdLIFE Challenge 2!
We had a wonderful day with 30 competitors completing the obstacle course! We thank our sponsors from Abbott, Acorda, The Bradenton Research Center, and Nike! Our PD warriors loved being outfitted in New kicks!
PMD Alliance ALL IN! Summit
PdLIFE Presents the Story 10/22-10/24/22
Valerie, Brittany and Meredith collaborated with leaders in the PD community in our nation's capital! We also got our sweat on with the fabulous Jimmy Choi for an early morning workout!
We did it! 2 years in a Row!
Parkinson Foundation Community Grants
In January of 2021 and 2022, our hardworking team applied for and received Parkinson Foundation community grants. Running from from 6/21-6/22 and then again 6/22-6/23 these grants have supported our Tampa exercise classes, community outreach and a scholarship program. We are honored and grateful!
See the recent press release here.
Moving Day Tampa Bay
PDLIFE Rocked! 4/30/22
We represented our programming with a stellar cardio drumming demonstration by Michelle.
Spread the Word!
Look! We're in the News!
April is now Parkinson's Awareness Month! We're extremely grateful that Parkinson's Disease is getting more attention. For every person that learns about the disease, we get one step closer to further research funding and medical treatments, as well as social recognition and support from the rest of the community.
We're doing our part to spread the word! You can read the full article here.
Challenge Accepted!
pdLIFE Challenge 11/6/21
We hosted our first pdLIFE Challenge obstacle course event at Macfarlane Park! 11 obstacles on over a mile long course, conquered!
Congrats to all our of participants and thank you to all of the volunteers!
Rock Steady Boxing Coaching Conference 10/9/21
Meredith and Kim participated in education of the stellar Rock Steady Boxing coaches at Coach Con in Orlando on topics including: Brain Boosts, Red Flags, and Atypical Parkinsonisms. We had a great time spending time with the front line PD fighters/ exercise instructors. What an inspiration Jimmy Choi is! Great to see him LIVE and doing burpee push-ups on stage :)
9/1/21
Meals on Wheels of Tampa joined us after exercise class to bring lunch and information about their wonderful organization!
Check them out: https://mowtampa.org/
Such a wonderful resource for our community!
6/21/21
We had a wonderful presentation before group exercise class at the Barksdale Center by the team at South Tampa Voice Therapy.
Have you had your speech and swallow function checked? You should! More info here: https://southtampavoicetherapy.com/
6/9/21 Goodbye Jamie Penny!
Our favorite NOVA intern and fresh graduate of their Doctor of Physical Therapy program had her last "show" in class with a group dance. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to our PD families.
6/4/21 Support group talk @ RSB Fishawk
The new OT to the Potentia Therapeutics team presented at the monthly support group meeting to teach their fighters about how OT can improve your quality of life.
6/2 We moved inside!
The Florida heat is on, so we have moved our Park classes inside the community center: The Barksdale Center @ Macfarlane Park, thank you Lisa Bryant for all your hard work to help us beat the heat.
Moving Day Tampa Bay 5/15
Our pdLIFE gang supported the Parkinson Foundation on the YMCA Team Mover's and Shakers and CONGRATS to Cheryl and Paul for their substantial fundraising for team Paul's Peleton. She was the #1 fundraising team leader in Tampa Bay! You go girl!
5/9 Test Day!
Outcome measures to gauge our member's gait speed, strength, and stamina were performed. Our participants were rewarded with a pizza party after!
Delay the Disease and Lunch @ St Pete YMCA @ Lealman Exchange
Thursday 4/29/21 we had a great time attending the Delay the Disease exercise class! We followed up class with a pizza lunch in learn that included a tough quiz to spread PD knowledge on one of the final days of Parkinson's Awareness Month.
Macfarlane Park Parkinson Awareness Month Potluck
4/12/21 We had an abbreviated exercise class of PWR! moves and Tai chi to showcase our weekly exercises followed by an amazing potluck! So much fun and good food had by all!
Acupressure for PD 3/24/21
Thank you Karen Bower Smith, accupunturist and specialist in oriental medicine for an informative meeting with practical tips we can all use and try TODAY!