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Friday, February 6, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Balloons rise to raise money for multiple sclerosis
By JERRI NIEBAUM
Staff writer
More than 50 smiles pointed skyward yesterday as about 2,000 balloons rose over Allen Field House.
Each balloon raised $1 for Students Against Multiple Sclerosis, a national organization that raises money for patients and services to help people with M.S.
"When you let go of your balloon
today think of all the young people who can be freed with a cure, and that you helped free your brother, cousin, roommate or best friend from this debilitating disease," said Jane Niemeyer, Cleveland, Ohio, senior. Niemeyer was diagnosed as having M.S. five years ago.
M. S. is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system that can cause fatigue, blurred vision, slurred
speech, loss of muscle control and paralysis. It most often afflicts active women between 18 and 40.
"They don't know why it happens," said Shane Langston, co-chairman of the group.
Balloon loftoffs took place simultaneously at more than 200 universities across the country to mark the beginning of "Bust M.S. Month."
blue balloons decorated a large sycamore tree when people released them in bunches.
At KU, pink, orange, green and
"It's an M.S. Christmas tree," Langston told the crowd of about 50 people.
Students, M.S. patients and faculty watched the rest of the colored dots disappear above the southwest side of the field house
Langston said 60 percent of the
money raised by SAMS went to M.S. research.
But SAMS doesn't just raise
money. It also educates the publ-
cal about it.
"You never know when it's going to be Jessica Potucke, co-chairman of the board."
"It comes and goes," Niemeyer said. "It never completely goes away."
Langston said he became involved in SAMS in August when he was asked to be co-chairman of the club. He remembered hearing a man who had M.S. speak about the disease when Langston was in the 4th grade.
Potucke said she joined SAMS after she competed as one of the Goo's in a lip-synch contest sponsored by SAMS last year.
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