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Mark McEwen kicks off our first 2010 issue of StrokeSmart™ magazine with his encouraging insights to life after stroke. Also in this issue:

• “Champion of Hope” profiles our 2009 NYC Marathon Team
• Information about our upcoming iHOPE webinar series for survivors and caregivers
• Information about controlling cholesterol levels to prevent stroke
• Constraint-induced movement therapy: using weak limbs to regain mobility
• How Facebook helped  create a stroke community for one survivor and caregiver

Attention stroke care professionals! Join our FREE Webinar Series Focused on Optimizing Clinical and Fiscal Stroke Center Performance: The Business of Stroke. Each of the four live webinar programs will last 60 minutes and consist of professional presentations followed by interactive Q&A sessions. Visit www.stroke.org/business to register now and find out more information about each webinar:

• Building the Case for a Primary Stroke Center
• Stroke Center Profitability: Advanced Administrative Issues
• Stroke Center Operations and Marketing
• The Business of Stroke Expert Panel Discussion

With one mission and one voice, National Stroke Association is excited to celebrate 25 years. To continue our critical work we need your help. Won’t you join us in making a difference in the lives of stroke survivors and their families by helping spread stroke awareness?

To make it easy, we designed an Awareness Event Toolbox that includes fun event ideas, promotional tips, templates for flyers and letters and much more. Get started planning your event today and read more about the many important stroke milestones of the past 25 years by visiting www.stroke.org/25th.

Please consider supporting National Stroke Association by shopping online at IGive.com. Sign up today at www.igive.com/BeStrokeSmart. By shopping online through this link you will be supporting National Stroke Association with every purchase.