VERMONT CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION TO ANNOUNCE MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND PREVIEW UPCOMING VERMONT CFIDS FILM, IN RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL CFIDS AWARENESS DAY

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The Vermont CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome) Association Inc., will host it’s 12th annual event in recognition of International CFIDS Awareness Day, Monday May 12, 2008, at 1:00 PM, at the Community Room of the Burlington Police Station, One North Avenue, Burlington, VT.

Highlighting this year’s event, Kenneth J. Friedman, PhD. (Pawlet VT, Green Mountain College) will announce an extraordinary new CFS medical scholarship program in Vermont that follows in the tradition of the groundbreaking CFS legislation put forth by The Vermont CFIDS Association two years ago.
Michael Thurston (Exile Media, Vermont Book of Days, Barre VT) will provide a sneak preview of a new film, “Invisible”, about CFS in Vermont. The film is currently in production and is tentatively scheduled for release in the fall of 2008.

There will be delivered statements of support from Vermont’s Congressional delegation, the Governor, the Mayor of Burlington and from the Vermont Department of Health.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) affects at least one million Americans, including thousands in Vermont, and it devastates their lives and the lives of people who love them. The Centers For Disease Control studies have shown that CFS is as disabling as multiple sclerosis, end-stage renal failure and chronic, obstructive pulmonary disease. Each year, CFS costs our nation $9.1 billion in lost productivity alone.

The Vermont CFIDS Association was formed in 1997 as a resource and support group for victims of CFS and their families.

Press kits with biographies and a DVD trailer will be available at the event.