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Hockey Greats and Magnotta Winery Golf For Lyme Disease
It's a devastating illness that more and more people are getting but few people know about, including our doctors. It's called Lyme disease.
Rossana Magnotta wants to change all that. Her husband Gabe, founder of Magnotta Wines, has been devastated by it and is now confined to a wheelchair. So she has set out to raise money and raise awareness. The True North Golf Tournament on Monday was designed to do both.
At the press conference before the tournament, Elvira Caria started things off by showing a trailer for a movie now in production. Called "Under Our Skin", it provided a brief glimpse into the many aspects of this disease, how it is spread, how it effects the body and how politicians and the medical profession are dealing with it. Perhaps it would be better to say, not dealing with it.
"If I seem bitter, angry and scared, it is because I am," said Rossana, as she began her comments after the video. She went on to describe how this illness has devastated so many lives, including her family's, and yet it is being ignored by doctors and politicians in Ontario, in fact across the country.
On hand to answer questions were Jim Wilson, president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, Katherine Teasdale, a former race car driver and Stephanie Smith, all of whom are suffering from the illness. Their symptoms varied, part of what makes the disease difficult to diagnose by the uninformed, but a strong sense of frustration was common to all, frustration with a medical system that doesn't want to listen.
The celebrity golfers, hockey greats Johnny Bower, Darryl Sittler, Dale Hawerchuck and Rick Vaive, listened attentively, shocked to realize how vulnerable they are to catching the disease. Anyone who spends time outdoors is susceptible. That includes golfers.
The tournament culminated with dinner, attended by Gabe, where a cheque for $30,000 was awarded to the Canadian Lyme Foundation to further their efforts to raise awareness and bring about a change in testing procedures. "The tests used in Canada are unlikely to identify Lyme", said Jim Wilson, "it is one of the things we need to change. There are much better tests available."
This event also served as the launch of Magnotta’s long-term campaign to support the cause. The maverick winery has released a 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve VQA with proceeds going directly to support the Canadian Lyme Foundation. 
If you are interested in more information on this important topic (and you should be) or to make a donation visit www.canlyme.com. You might also want to purchase a bottle of wine at your local Magnotta outlet.
For more information, please contact
Rossana Magnotta
Tel: 905-738-9463
Toll free: 1-800-461-9463
Fax: 905-738-5551
E-mail: mailbox@magnotta.com
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