Author JK Rowling Contributes to the MS Cause

The question of how much – if anything – any of us living with multiple sclerosis is obligated to do for the cause is one of personal willingness.  When famous people get MS, many of us change our tune and simply expect that they will give of their time, money and talent for the cause.  I’ve always said that such a gift would be great but it’s none of my business. Now we take someone who is one – albeit a small ‘one’ – degree of separation from the disease, I’d say that any expectation of requirement or obligation is just chucked out the window. That’s why I think that the new Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at the University of Edinburgh, conceived and funded by Harry Potter author, JK Rowling – daughter of Anne, who died from complications of MS at age 45 – is noteworthy. When her £10,000,000 donation turned into a royally attended opening (in the quite Royal sense of the word as Ann, HRH The Princess Royal), Ms. Rowling didn’t give a flowery speech or make it about her in any way.  She applauded the unveiling, she was thanked by a number of dignitaries and researchers and, well there was a PRINCESS at the thing! Her simple statement that was given to press said that she was “elated to see the clinic formally open.” And that had “watched the clinic from the planning stages to being fully built and now ready to open” and how very proud she was of it, and to see her mother’s name on the clinic. Some in the MS community gr...
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