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By Rick Grant I noticed that my left arm and leg were a bit sluggish. Nothing big, just sluggish. It got to the point where family and friends (especially my children) were telling me I was walking like an old man. Hey, I was only 54 years old. My primary care doctor...

5 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT LIVING WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE Guest blog:  Joel Eissinger The day I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, I really couldn’t believe it.  My wife was the one who initially urged me to go to a neurologist.   She had noticed...

RAP Fundraising – Who Needs an Event? by Ken Rankin While the pandemic has caused Rally Against Parkinson’s to reschedule all of its events from 2020, that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped fundraising.  As the end of the year approaches, we are still in need of donations to...

7 Points to Consider Before Donating to a Non-Profit by Daniel Dubay There are thousands of non-profit organizations that are actively fundraising.You might be getting phone calls, emails and direct mailers from various organizations looking for support.But you can’t...

Boxing Packs a Punch in Self Defense by Steven R. Brill Regardless of the various dictionary, local, national or legal definitions of self-defense, this author believes that “everybody has a right to defend themselves from physical attack.” Worldwide, people train in...

Puzzled About Volunteering?  RAP May be a Fit for You by Sally Rech Volunteering is a piece of a puzzle in someone's else's life. If you think about it, we are a puzzle piece in the overall picture of our groups, our communities, our nation and our world.  Your piece...

Hi, I hope that you are well and welcome to the new RAP BLOG! This is Steve Sappington, President of Rally Against Parkinson’s, or RAP.  Now I know what some of you are thinking if you, like me, have Parkinson’s Disease and you’re 65+ years old:  “Okay, I have heard...