Team Feldmann: Multiple Sclerosis Walk Ambassador!

St. Leonard Resident Named Multiple Sclerosis Walk Ambassador-Bill Feldmann

Flyer basketball fan urges others to join him at fundraising and awareness walk
Centerville, Ohio (March 30, 2012) – Mr. Bill Feldmann is a resident of St. Leonard, a Franciscan Living Community in Centerville. Mr. Feldmann was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1993. He suffers balance disorders, vision problems, and limited use of his right hand. He remains active through working part-time, swimming, and attending Dayton Flyers basketball games.

Mr. Feldmann is urging others to join him for Walk MS: Dayton. He has participated in the event for several years with help from his electric scooter. Walk MS: Dayton is scheduled for April 21, 2012 at 10 a.m. and will be held at Kettering Middle School, 3000 Glengarry Drive, 45420.

Walk MS: Dayton proceeds benefit the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National MS Society. MS
(Multiple Sclerosis) stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it
doesn’t. To register as a participant or volunteer at Walk MS: Dayton, visit www.walkms.org or call 1-800-344-4867.

About Multiple Sclerosis: Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and it stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and 2.5 million worldwide.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Ohio Valley Chapter: The Ohio Valley Chapter of the National MS Society, founded in 1952, serves more than 6,000 people with multiple sclerosis and their families in 24 Ohio counties and the three northern Kentucky counties of Boone, Kenton and Campbell. The organization is committed to ensuring that people living with MS across our chapter territory have the information and quality care they need to live healthy, productive and independent lives. To meet these needs, a variety of programs and services that span a spectrum of needs are provided to learn more about multiple sclerosis or the Ohio Valley Chapter, visit http://www.fightmstoday.org/.


St. Leonard is one of the largest senior living communities in the United States located on 240 acres of countryside in Centerville, Ohio, just 10 miles south of Dayton. The community’s unique array of distinctive, yet interrelated, mature living programs are designed to meet the individual needs of the 800 seniors living there. Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, St. Leonard provides a secure and friendly atmosphere where reverence, service and stewardship are its core values. They are the third largest employer in the city of Centerville.