Members of the S'Myelin Warriors of Newfoundland and Labrador were in Mount Pearl council chambers this week as Mayor Dave Aker proclaimed May to be Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month. The S'Myelin Warriors is a group spearheaded by Zita Kavanagh-Taylor and others to help those in the province living with multiple sclerosis. “We saw that there was a need for local representation,” said Kavanagh-Taylor. “People needed to be able to call a 709 number and get a volunteer who can say ‘I can relate, I know what you’re going through.’ Me myself, I live with MS, as do a lot of our volunteers, and our volunteers who don’t live with MS have family members who live with MS.” The group is hosting a variety of events this month, beginning with the seventh annual Paws for MS Dog Walk this Sunday, May 7 beginning at Critters N’ Things in Mount Pearl. Check in time is 10:45 a.m. Pictured above are, starting in the back row, from left: Kerry Pope, councillor Chelsea Lane, councillor Jim Locke, Mayor Dave Aker, Deputy Mayor Nicole Kieley, councillor Bill Antle, councillor Mark Rice, and Dave Taylor. In the middle row, from left, are: Alex Taylor, Zita Kavanagh-Taylor, Nancy Constantine, Jeanette Hanlon, and Rosie Stead. In front, from left, are Margie Stead and Ann Hannam. Mark Squibb photo
