Center for Hope 2017

Center for HOPE Luncheon Features Web Developer, The Alternative Roots Band

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The Center for HOPE welcomes motivational speaker and entrepreneur Kate Milliken as the speaker for its 2017 Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, May 16.  The event will be held at 11 a.m. at Wee Burn Beach Club in Rowayton. As the founder of MyCounterpane.com, an online support forum that allows patients and caregivers to create video blogs about their individual journeys with critical illness, Milliken has been immersed in the personal stories of people living tackling illness head on. When Milliken was diagnosed with MS in 2006, she saw a need for a moment-based, authentic platform to show others what it was like to actually live with an illness. She started MyCounterpane not only as a vehicle to share her own struggles, but also to stimulate conversation and inspire others to educate the public on MS and other illnesses through short movies. MyCounterpane aims to demonstrate insights in the emotional realm of health, while healing and heal people through the power of story.

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Kate Milliken from the MyCounterpaine.com website 05-02-17

Developer of a Website for People with Chronic Conditions Speaks at Annual Center for Hope Luncheon

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The Center for HOPE welcomes motivational speaker and entrepreneur Kate Milliken to its 2017 Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, May 16. Milliken started an online support forum that allows patients and caregivers to create video blogs about their individual journeys with critical illness. As the founder of MyCounterpane.com, Milliken has been immersed in the personal stories of people living tackling illness head on. When Milliken was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006, she saw a need for a moment-based, authentic platform to show others what it was like to actually live with an illness. She started MyCounterpane not only as a vehicle to share her own struggles, but also to stimulate conversation and inspire others to educate the public on MS and other illnesses through short movies.  MyCounterpane aims to demonstrate insights in the emotional realm of health, while healing and heal people through the power of story.