We extend many thanks and much gratitude to our Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine for understanding our plight and for hosting the Lyme Disease Town Hall Meeting in Riverhead!
(If you cannot attend but would like to contribute to Empire State's Costs for flyers, mailings, etc., please click: *Donations*)
Why: Lyme Disease Town Hall Meeting With Guest Speakers and Q & A
When: August 30th
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Place: Legislative Auditorium at the County Center in Riverhead.
Guest Speakers:
Diane Blanchard
Co-President, Time For Lyme
First Vice President, ILADS
Author of Diagnostic Hints and Treatment Guidelines for Lyme and Other Tick Borne Illnesses,
Heralded as "The Father of All Lyme Disease Doctors"
Sandy Berebaum, LCSW, BCD
Family Connections Center for Counseling,
Lyme-literate psychotherapist/family therapist,
The Children's and Mental Health Editor of the Lyme Times
Dr. Ruggiero,
D.O.,
Practicing Lyme physician,
Suffolk
County, NY
FOR
DIRECTIONS AND MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CLICK HERE: FOR
ENTIRE LIST OF GUEST SPEAKERS, PLEASE CLICK HERE: We
also extend many thanks to Ed Romaine for writing the resolution for the Suffolk
County Tick Management Task Force and for working to get the resolution passed! Brookhaven Town
made May Lyme Awareness Month! On April 17, 2007, Supervisor Brian X. Foley and the entire Brookhaven Town
Board unanimously voted yes to May as Lyme Awareness Month. To thank or
contact Brookhaven Town Council, go to: http://www.brookhaven.org/OfficeoftheSupervisor/SupervisorOffice/tabid/141/Default.aspx Also, we would like to mention Councilwoman Kathleen Walsh and
Councilwoman Connie Kepert for their thoughtfulness and continued support of
Empire State Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Or go: Back
to previous page Riverhead Town
made May Lyme Awareness Month! With special thanks to Councilwoman Barbara Blass and the Riverhead Town
Council and Supervisor Phil Cardinale. To thank or
contact Barbara Blass at Riverhead Town Council, go to: blass@riverheadli.com
or to contact Supervisor Cardinale, go to: http://philcardinale.com/ Southampton Town
made May Lyme Awareness Month! With special thanks to
Trustee Ed Warner and the Southampton Town Board and the Hon.
Patrick A. Heaney, Town Supervisor. To thank or
contact Southampton Town Council, Please click on Hon.
Patrick A. Heaney, Town Supervisor or
Trustee Ed
Warner Jr. Suffolk County has agreed
to make May Lyme Awareness Month!
With special thanks to Legislator Ed Romaine, the Suffolk County Legislature
and Executive Steve Levy.
Legislator Ed Romaine has individually taken it upon himself to help Lyme
patients in Suffolk County and he needs our support to get his Resolutions and
Certificate passed. For the first time ever, if he gets all passed,
among other good things, there will be funding for Lyme disease awareness in
Suffolk County!!!! So, residents of Suffolk and non-residents alike,
please take a moment and write letters!
To thank or
contact Ed Romaine: Edward.Romaine@suffolkcountyny.gov Phone:
852·3200 Thanks so much for doing this! H.
Lee Dennison Building Personal
Blurb I
myself - or my family - have Lyme disease and . . . . . . . . Sample letter for NON-RESIDENTS of Suffolk County:
Fax: 852·3203
Because this is so important, I will be sending out reminders, so if you have
sent a letter, please email Kathie at Empire State Lyme Disease Association,
Inc so that I take you off the "reminder" list. Kathie@EmpireStateLDA.org
Sample letter for Resident of Suffolk County: (If you would
rather email than snail mail, this is county Executive Steve Levy's email: county.executive@suffolkcountyny.gov
)
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
(631) 853-4000
April 12, 2007
Dear Honorable County Executive Steve Levy,
While it may seem the Suffolk economy would suffer if you raise awareness
about Lyme disease, you cannot hide from this problem any more.
The truth is coming out because of the number of people infected in
Suffolk County and in the world. Lyme
disease is, in fact, a problem across the world.
So the sooner you admit it and do something about it, the less damage
will be done to us, and especially to our children, as children between
the ages of 5-9 are most at risk.
Lyme disease debilitates people and our economy is now and will suffer
terribly from the cost of caring for the Lyme-disabled.
You have a chance to do some good by supporting Ed Romaine's Certificate of
Necessity and Memorializing Resolutions:
*
"Certificate of Necessity," which will allow the Legislature to
adopt the Awareness Month resolution at the 4/24 meeting so it can take
effect before May 1.
* Memorializing resolution in support of U.S.Congress bill HR 741, which
provides for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention,
education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other
tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases
Advisory Committee.
* Memorializing resolution in support of the Senate bill. S02387 Relates to
professional discipline proceedings concerning diagnosis and treatment of
Lyme disease and related tick-borne illness
* 20,000.00 per year for Lyme disease awareness and education in Suffolk
County for 5 years
* Four poster Feeder Study on Shelter Island
Thank you.
Sincerely,
H. Lee Dennison Building
100 Veterans Memorial Highway
P.O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099
(631) 853-4000
April 12, 2007
Dear Honorable County Executive Steve Levy,
While Suffolk County is a beautiful place to visit, we will have to stop
thinking of Suffolk as our tourist destination until you do something about
Lyme disease. Everyone knows the high number of people infected with
Lyme disease in Suffolk County. We also realize that no matter where a
person chooses for a vacation spot, across the world, Lyme disease is a risk.
So please Executive Levy, support Ed Romaine's Certificate of Necessity and
Memorializing Resolutions, so that my family and all tourists will at least
feel safer going to your gorgeous beaches, quaint old towns, and other
wonderful places.
* "Certificate of Necessity," which will allow the Legislature to
adopt the Awareness Month resolution at the 4/24 meeting so it can take effect
before May 1.
* Memorializing resolution in support of U.S.Congress bill HR 741, which
provides for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention,
education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other
tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases
Advisory Committee.
* Memorializing resolution in support of the Senate bill. S02387 Relates to
professional discipline proceedings concerning diagnosis and treatment of Lyme
disease and related tick-borne illness
* 20,000.00 per year for Lyme disease awareness and education in Suffolk
County for 5 years
* Four poster Feeder Study on Shelter Island
Thank you.
Sincerely,