MOMENTS OF VICTORY - Inspired.
That’s how people who come in contact with Davis Phinney and The Davis Phinney Foundation describe their experience. Inspired through information and encouragement. At the Davis Phinney Foundation (DPF) we try to encourage people living with PD to recognize and celebrate the small victories in their lives and see the beauty in living with the motto that “Every Victory Counts”.
Together with local PD support groups and foundations we will be photographing people living with Parkinson’s all over the US and learning about their stories of victory. These can be victories that range from not spilling the coffee in the morning- to running a half marathon! We’re challenging people all across the US to find those little individual moments that you can string together to help you recognize your victory- Arms Up! If even for a moment, you are cured! We are inspired by those who find all sorts of ways to find moments of victory and moments of cure in their daily life.
Once we gather these images and stories we will have a book of inspirational stories of people all across the US who live day in and day out with Parkinson’s. Our hope is that by reading someone else’s story of hope and inspiration others with PD will feel empowered. They will have the strength to stand up to this disease and not let it control their lives, but in each day can find that little moment where they have victory over PD and in that moment they’re cured!
It’s critical to focus on a cure, but people with Parkinson’s also need information and ways to live better TODAY. The DPF sponsors programs and symposia that provide the information and actions that can be used today to live well with Parkinson’s.
