For a second time, I have just broken past my fund raising goal for the Greater LA Walk MS!
My original goal of $500 was quickly surpassed within four days of my announcement, in tribute to my wife Nahleen who inspires me in her battle with MS every day and the 84-year-old woman from New Jersey [...]
March 9, 2010
Categories: Bloggy-blogging, Fight MS . Tags: CNN, Eiko, Lan Yin Tsai, Los Angeles, multiple sclerosis, National MS Society, Pasadena Rose Bowl, Walk MS . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: Leave a Comment
Once again my wife Nahleen and I are very excited to be participating in WalkMS, Sunday, April 18, at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Thank you so much for the generosity and kind thoughts last year.
With health care now a hot button and the economy still struggling (to put it mildly), it makes giving harder than [...]
February 19, 2010
Categories: Bloggy-blogging, Fight MS . . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: 1 Comment
I just got back from a nice long weekend vacation to the Sequoia National Park. Absolutely stunning and wonderfully relaxing. Just what we needed.
While walking along trails weaving around mammoth trees thousands of years old, I was sometimes reminded of the last time Nahleen and I did some heavy walking.
It’s been about a month since [...]
May 26, 2009
Categories: Bloggy-blogging, Fight MS, Photo-blogging . Tags: Conor Logan, Kelly Garver, multiple sclerosis, National MS Society, Rose Bowl, Rose Kwasnicki, The Logan, Walk MS, Zena Leigh . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: Leave a Comment
I’m still collecting pictures and recovering from the record heat we braved for WalkMS, but one of our team members actor Zena Leigh has posted on her blog about the day with plenty of pictures.
More soon!
April 21, 2009
Categories: Fight MS . Tags: WalkMS, Zena Leigh . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: Leave a Comment
Thank you so much for all of you who have donated! This year in particular, every dollar is precious to everyone. It takes a lot of courage to part with your hard-earned money no matter how worthwhile the cause. Thank you also to those who joined our team or are also walking with another team. [...]
April 18, 2009
Categories: Fight MS . Tags: National MS Society, WalkMS . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: Leave a Comment
The kind folks at Film Truth Productions released a powerfully honest documentary last year called A Certain Kind of Beauty. It follows the struggle of Martha’s Vineyard resident Dan Aronie as he fights with multiple sclerosis over a six-year period.
The entire documentary is now viewable online for free thanks to a partnership with SnagFilms. I’m [...]
March 11, 2009
Categories: Bloggy-blogging, Fight MS, Not-So-Funny Videos . Tags: A Certain Kind of Beauty, Dan Aronie, Film Truth Productions, multiple sclerosis, National MS Society, SnagFilms, WalkMS . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: Leave a Comment
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You might remember that last year, Nahleen and I participated in the WalkMS event for Greater Los Angeles. Our team raised over $17,000 in the fight to wipe out multiple sclerosis forever. The entire event raised over $1 million. The money we raised went [...]
March 8, 2009
Categories: Bloggy-blogging, Fight MS . Tags: multiple sclerosis, Nahleen Blake, National MS Society, WalkMS . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: Leave a Comment
On April 6th, 2008, the Walk MS event was held at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in southern California. Nahleen Blake, co-captain of the National MS Society’s TeamMS who has MS herself, walked to raise money to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis. She brought some cameras to follow her on [...]
June 29, 2008
Categories: Fight MS, Funny Videos, Not-So-Funny Videos . Tags: Aaron Lyons, California, James Taylor, Kelly Kwasnicki, Los Angeles, MS, multiple sclerosis, Nahleen Blake, National MS Society, Pasadena, Paul Bushman, Rose Bowl, Rose Kwasnicki, WalkMS . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: 1 Comment
I know you’re all sitting there waiting with baited breath, constantly hitting refresh to see what could possibly be added to the site next. Well golly-gee, do I have great news for you! On the About page, there is now a downloadable .PDF of my resume. Oh, you lucky dogs!
You think that’s all? No, no. [...]
April 21, 2008
Categories: Fight MS, Updates . Tags: headshots, Karl Sanger, multiple sclerosis, National MS Society, resume, Sanger Talent, Walk MS, writer's strike . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: Leave a Comment
On Sunday, April 6th, I participated in this year’s Greater Los Angeles MS Walk. Held by the National MS Society, the 5k walk helps to raise money to battle multiple sclerosis.
My wife Nahleen Blake was diagnosed with MS in 2002. This year she was invited by the National MS Society to co-captain their new team [...]
April 20, 2008
Categories: Bloggy-blogging, Fight MS, Photo-blogging . Tags: Aaron Lyons, Foe Pa, Kelly Fletcher, Kelly Garver, Kelly Kwasnicki, multiple sclerosis, Nahleen Blake, National MS Society, Pasadena, Paul Bushman, Rose Bowl, Rose Kwasnicki, Walk MS . Author: Corey Blake . Comments: 6 Comments