organizational history

The Anderson chapter of MS Society uses the mission statement of the National MS Society, which is "to end the devastating effects of MS". This group is part of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter and their goal is to help people learn to manage and understand MS, and achieve maximum independence. The society offers a wide range of programs to help people cope with the everyday demands of living with a chronic illness. The Society serves people with MS, their families and heath care professionals through education, advocacy, information. peer support, therapeutic recreation and many other programs. This group conducts many fundraisers including a bike ride for MS, a walk/ 5k run, and many other things that helps get the community involved in fighting this disease. The national society was founded in 1946 and supports more MS research, offers more services for people with MS, provides more professional education programs, and furthers more MS advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world.

- Spencer Kirkman and Monica Ullal