This last week I read a news article about a second group spending this summer bringing awareness to multiple sclerosis (MS). This post is for these 2 groups of MS fighters.

MS Run The US – This last week I learned about MS Run The US and Ashley Kumlien. Ashley is in the process of running across the United States (over 3200 miles) to bring awareness of multiple sclerosis, a disease her mother has fought for 27 years. She and her group of supporters are also asking for donations for her cause that will be donated to the National MS Society and the Montel Williams MS Foundation.

At this point she is over 1300 miles towards her goal. From her start in California she is now east of Denver. You can follow her on Twitter @MSRunTheUS.

When you look at her website (MS Run The US) make sure you check out all the photos she has uploaded from her Blackberry with the Verizon wireless network on her Flickr photo stream.

Bike The US For MS – A second group made up of of bicyclists from the United States left the coast of Virginia on June 1, and are headed to California. Bike The US For MS has made a trip across America for several years now. You can follow their progress on their website (Bike The US For MS) and their blog. Proceeds from the 2010 trip will fund a nurse practitioner position at the James Q. Miller MS Center in Charlottesville, VA.

Good luck everyone in reaching their goals and be safe.

In closing this post I would like to add a special comment to Verizon wireless. “Please hear me now”; for sometime here in Oklahoma City and most likely across America I’ve seen in print, heard on both the radio, and television how you, AT&T and Sprint each have the best data network. I’m sure millions are being spent to advertise your point. Verizon wireless you are missing a golden opportunity to prove this. Looking at the MS Run The US, Flickr page I see all these photos Ashley has uploaded using her Verizon Blackberry and the Verizon wireless network. I can’t think of a better way to prove your case of being the best than having a runner who is crossing America and uploading photos everywhere she goes.

Further Verizon I believe I can safely say that if you become a sponsor for Ashley’s cause you will be a friend to the over 400,000 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United States. Let’s also not forget several million family, friends and care givers to those 400,000 Americans. Keep in mind Verizon wireless multiple sclerosis (MS) is the leading cause of disability in young adults as per the National MS Society and is the third leading cause overall of disability in America according to the MS Center in Denver Colorado. Please hear me now as Ashley is helping you online with a photo stream being loaded with the Verizon wireless network and the website actively says so. What can Verizon wireless do for Ashley Kumlien and the multiple sclerosis (MS) community?

Tweet this on Twitter, contact Verizon on Twitter @Verizon or go to their website and either email them or call them; ask them to support Ashley and MS Run The US.