Advocacy Alert: 08/8/2006 

On Wednesday, August 9, Minnesota Public Radio's "Midmorning" program will focus on CFS. Special guests include Dr. William Reeves of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, award-winning writer and CFS sufferer Laura Hillenbrand, and local physician Dr. Alan Kind. The hour-long program will air from 11:00 a.m. - noon Eastern time. You can listen in via the web site, www.mpr.org, where files are also archived after the live broadcast.

In case you missed our notice sent yesterday, on Sunday, August 6, WCCO-TV in Minneapolis did a story on CFS. Reporter Sue Turner interviewed a local Minnesota CFS patient, Joanne Brayden, and CFIDS Association staffer Tiffany Stovall for the story. To view the story, go to: http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_218211856.html.

This media attention is being organized in conjunction with the national CFS public awareness campaign. The CFIDS Association arranged for the new traveling CFS photo exhibit, "The Faces of CFS," to make its public debut at the Mall of America from August 6-15 (http://www.cfids.org/sparkcfs/photo.asp ).