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April 30, 2013 
 Press Releases
Gray Reed Rides 183 Miles to Benefit National MS Society

Twenty-Nine Gray Reed employees rode or volunteered in the National MS Society: Lone Star Chapter's annual bike ride from Houston to Austin on April 20-21, 2013. Attorneys, clients, families and friends make up Team Gray Reed to support multiple sclerosis research, programs and services provided by the National MS Society that directly benefit almost 20,000 Texans in 141 counties affected by MS.

The MS 150 ride is a two-day, 183-mile fundraising cycling ride from Houston to Austin. An estimated 13,000 riders participated in the 2013 BP MS 150. Overall the National MS Society raised over $14 million from the event. 

About Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.1 million people worldwide.

About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. The Society addresses the challenges of each person affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, collaborating with MS organizations around the world, and providing programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move forward with their lives. In 2011 alone, through its national office and 50-state network of chapters, the Society devoted $164 million to programs and services that assisted more than one million people. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested $40 million to support more than 325 new and ongoing research projects around the world. The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. Join the movement at nationalMSsociety.org.

About Gray Reed & McGraw

Founded in 1985, Gray Reed & McGraw is a full-service, Texas based law firm with more than 120 lawyers practicing in Dallas, Houston and Tyler. Gray Reed & McGraw offers a wide range of legal services including business litigation, corporate transactions, oil & gas, tax planning and litigation, real estate, healthcare, trusts and estates, employment law, family law, intellectual property, and bankruptcy. For more information, visit http://www.grayreed.com/