2025 -- H 6375

========

LC002987

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

____________

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING MAY 30, 2025, AS "WORLD MS DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE

ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Alzate, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Kennedy,
Ajello, Diaz, Tanzi, Cortvriend, and Fellela

     Date Introduced: May 29, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the central nervous

system, affecting 2.9 million people worldwide, approximately one million people in the United

States and 2,319 adults in the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the disease generally

strikes people in the prime of life, between the ages of 20 through 50. The cause and course of the

often debilitating symptoms of MS remain unknown and no cure currently exists; and

     WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been committed for 79 years to

a world free of MS, heightening public knowledge about and insight into the disease; and

     WHEREAS, Since 1946, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been a driving force

of MS research, relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatments and a cure, and has invested more

than $1 billion in groundbreaking research; and

     WHEREAS, Funds raised through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society fuel $50.2

million dollars of funding for more than 380 research projects at the best medical centers,

universities and other institutions throughout the United States and abroad, leading to many

breakthroughs in the treatment of MS; and

     WHEREAS, Stopping MS in its tracks, restoring what has been lost, and ending MS

forever is the mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and one that all Americans and

Rhode Islanders should support; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

recognizes the importance of finding the cause and cure of MS and expresses its appreciation for

the dedication that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has shown toward creating a world

free of MS; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this House hereby recognizes May 30, 2025, as “World MS Day” in

the State of Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Peter Porrino, Chairman of the Board,

National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

========

LC002987

========

LC002987 - Page 2 of 2