MINOT, N.D. - The St. Joseph's Community Health Foundation nominated a local Parkinson's support group facilitator for the Silversteen Community Service Award.
Eilene Emily started the support group in 2006 for her husband and friends with the disease but no local support group. Since then the group has grown.
She was awarded for her services in Minneapolis this past June.
"When you love someone so much it doesn't make a difference when you're up in front, you're just with a family. And so even here today I feel like I'm with my family," says Emily.
"We really hope that they realize and understand that there are others with Parkinson's disease and that there is a community and a family that they can call when there is a need, if they have a question. Eilene has provided that for us, that's why I nominated Eilene for the Silversteen Award because she has bought this and enriched our community with all of the Parkinson's resources and without her I'm not sure we'd have it today," says Shelly Weppler, St. Joseph's Community Health Foundation President.
Emily continues to facilitate the support group every first Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Brentmoor Assisted Living.
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