Music filtered out of the doorway and into the neighborhood of the Barcroft Community Center as the 2nd annual MS Is BS Blues Fest got underway Saturday afternoon, Aug. 9, in South Arlington. Organized by Lexi Franklin and her family and friends, the music festival raised money for medical research for a cure for multiple sclerosis, a neurological disease that interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and stops people from moving. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis.
While there is no known cause of or cure for MS, studies show that early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can reduce future disease activity and improve quality of life for many people with multiple sclerosis.
Franklin is also raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society through a t-shirt sale. Fifty t-shirts, tank tops, performance tees and hoodies are for sales at http://teespring.com/msisbs14. If 50 items are sold by August 21, TeeSpring will donate $500 on behalf of the MS Is BS team.
