Nickelback, Hilary Duff, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Malcolm Gladwell Help Fight Parkinson’s

PR Log (Press Release) – May 07, 2009 – Halifax, Nova Scotia - Plates for Parkinson’s ® is a collection of celebrity signed and designed plates that are auctioned on eBay to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s.  Celebrities are asked to draw a tulip, the Society’s symbol of hope.  Over 40 plates will be auctioned in 2009 including Chris Daughtry, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dennis Rodman, Rachael Ray, Eartha Kitt, Sidney Crosby, Muhammad Ali, Alan Alda, Robert Downey Jr., The Cast of CSI,  Peter Facinelli and many more!

The plates will be launched on eBay in three batches beginning April 30th and will end in intervals until May 24th.  You can view all the plates at www.parkinsonmaritimes.ca or bid at http://stores.ebay.ca/parkinsonsociety.  

The full list of 2009 plates to be auctioned is as follows:

Laila Ali, Chris Daughtry, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Bobby Flay, Martin Sheen, Jeff Bridges, Archie Comics, David Suzuki, Jully Black, George Stroumboulopoulos, Paul Gross, Gregg Zaun and Vernon Wells, Jay Leno, David Foster, Rachael Ray, Eartha Kitt, The Cast of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Johnny Depp, James Earl Jones, Criss Angel & Holly Madison, Christopher Walken, Alan Alda, Kevin Sorbo, Paul Brandt, Sandra Lee, Serena Ryder, Tom Hanks, Jordin Sparks, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malcolm Gladwell, Robert Downey Jr., Peter Facinelli, Nickelback, Arnold Palmer, Joan Rivers, Hilary Duff, Cast of CSI, Alanis Morissette, Dennis Rodman, Anne Murray, Sidney Crosby, Muhammad Ali, Liz Rigney, Maria Panopalis, Lauren Bacall

Funds raised through Plates for Parkinson’s ® help The Parkinson Society Maritime Region ease the burden and find a cure for Parkinson’s through support services, education, research and advocacy.