The Board of Directors of the Arizona Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
welcomes you to our website and promise to help you in anyway we can.
Do Not hesitate to call us - 480-451-3060

Upcoming support groups

Tuscon Support Groups
Next meeting will be March 13, 2010, 10:30am
Wilmot Library - 320 S Wilmot Road (Note: library moved to temporary location by Home Town Buffet)
Topic -How to communicate with your doctor

There after meeting are held the second Saturday of the month

Phoenix Support Groups
Next meeting will be March 27, 2010, 10:30am
The Center for Learning and Development - 3115 N.3rd Avenue, suite 132 Phoenix AZ 85013
Title - Safety and Energy Conservation in the home
Speaker -  Roxanne White, DPTDr.
White is a graduate from Central Michigan University with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She currently is employed at St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center where she has experience in several areas including the Neurological units, Critical Care Unit’s and Neurorehabilitation.

Come and enjoy hearing Dr. White speak as well as meeting other myasthenics.

For those wishing a ride or offering to carpool from the Tucson area, please contact Jim LoVecchio via e-mail at lovecchio@dakotacom.net or call him at 520-889-6910.

If you live in the Phoenix area and would like to attend but cannot due to transportation issues, please call the chapter office and we will make every effort to assist you.

Please RSVP to the Chapter Office confirming your attendance so we can be certain of enough chairs and refreshments. Call 480-451-3060. Thank you and we hope to see you then.

About the Jim L. Walker, Arizona Chapter of the Myasthena Gravis Foundation

The Jim L. Walker, Arizona Chapter of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation was originally founded in 1972 by Peggy Marquard. It has grown from 16 members at that first meeting to just over 900 members, many afflicted with MG, but many also without the disease, who simply care and want to help.

Jim Walker was among the 16 people to attend this first meeting. Officers were elected and the first steps were taken to become an ‘Official Chapter’. Later that same year the charter of the Arizona Chapter of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation was approved and Jim Walker operated the business and services that were provided by the chapter.
In 1996 Jim retired, and the Board of Directors at that time unanimously approved to change the chapter name to The Jim L. Walker, Arizona Chapter of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation.

Jim passed away on March 21st, 2000, and though he suffered for years from the effects of myasthenia gravis, he never complained or got angry. He just got things done. He spent many hours volunteering for the Arizona Chapter- making calls, organizing fund-raisers, preparing mailings, answering questions, and doing whatever he could to educate people about this disease and help those afflicted by it.