A Funny 
Thing 
Happened ...
… when Michael J. Fox founded an organization to eradicate Parkinson’s disease. By flying 
in the face of convention in many ways, it became a fundraising powerhouse.
MJFF also reaches out with a social-media presence on sites like Twitter and Facebook, blogs, "hot topics" phone calls where supporters can call in to ask questions and hear MJFF researchers speak, and small, in-person roundtable discussions.
The organization also provides speakers for support groups, is enrolling people from around the country in an initiative to study biomarkers for Parkinson's disease, and hosts a patient council and a new project called the Fox Trial Finder that allows people to find and sign up for clinical trials in Parkinson's disease. (Non-patients can sign up to be control subjects.)
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