# May 2014 Community Newsletter **URL:** \ **Category:** Blog\ **Created:** [May 30, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/may-2014-community-newsletter/2490 "2014-05-30T09:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ben\_Munoz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/ben_munoz/32/1_2.png) [@Ben\_Munoz](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/Ben_Munoz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/may-2014-community-newsletter/2490/1 "2014-05-30T09:23:35Z")
Rejoice and celebrate the season of Spring. Enjoy the colors and the beauty of nature. Reach out to your friends and loved ones and share the warmth, the colors and happiness of Spring. Greetings from Ben’s Friends! **Welcome New Members!** Thanks for signing! This site is built for the patient, spouses, parents, siblings and friends. Our goal is to connect you with others so you don't feel alone or don't want to overwhelm your family. Help yourself. Explore our community, write about your experience, ask the community. Reach out to the community anytime you need support. Have fun! Again, our warmest welcome to you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **IN THIS ISSUE** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **GBS Support COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS** [Featured Content](#content) [Featured Member](#member) [Picture of the Month](#picture) [Community Stat](#stat) **BEN'S FRIENDS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH** [Kudos to Our Ben's Friends Facebook Team](#bf) [Life With Crohn's is Coming Soon ](#awareness) [Ben's Friends Joins the AVM TAAF Walk 2014](#bigc) **GBS Support COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Featured Content: GBS in the facial nerves** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Momofjoy has posted a discussion aiming to see if there is someone in the community that has the same experience as hers. Perhaps you've experienced the same. Contribute the needed information to her and share your story or a story you know on [Momofjoy's discussion post](http://www.guillainbarresupport.org/forum/topics/gbs-in-the-facial-nerves)! [Back to Top](#top) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Featured Member: DaveNoelS** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wishing for a world who is more accomodating and more accepting, Dave contributes to his wish by helping others in our community through making them know on how GBS works and how it can affect an individual's life. Also through his recent discussion post, "The damaged peripheral nervous system.", he told his theory and philiosphy on GBS. This can surely have an effect on members perhaps having the same thought. Dave also suggests in the post that you have to be gentle with your body as you heal. Get to know more on DaveNoelS and his contributions on the community on [his profile](http://www.guillainbarresupport.org/profile/DaveNoelS)! [Back to Top](#top) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Picture of the Month** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Need some inspiration in your journey? Check out this photo mary shared for something to ponder on while your moving forwards in life. ------------------------------------------------------------------ [Back to Top](#top) [![]()](http://www.lifewithadd.org/photo/3019789b0385db461f098c9754f8f69d) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Community Stat:** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Members as of May 1, 2014 : 326 [Back to Top](#top) **BEN'S FRIENDS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Kudos to Our Ben's Friends Facebook Team** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you seen our Facebook pages lately? Thanks to the FB team who have given our Facebook pages a new and improved look: Dancermom and Debra (AVM), Amanda (Addison's), Jane (PsA), Mandy (Chiari), Mads, Nel, and David (Erythromelalgia), and above all, our talented and dedicated Facebook Manager, Stephen Cox (PSC and Crohn's). [Back to Top](#top) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Life With Crohn's is Coming Soon** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are pleased to announce the launch of our [Life With Crohn's community](http://bensfriends.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e67e56489d47f7df8e223cbc9&id=3101ec03f7&e=f03d3e04fc) - a community dedicated to patients affected by Crohn's- a chronic condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. If you know someone who has Crohn’s Disease, please invite them to join our community and spread the word about Crohn’s. [Back to Top](#top) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Ben's Friends Joins the AVM TAAF Walk 2014** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben's Friends Partners (Eric, Scott and Haley) along with several [AVM Survivors](http://bensfriends.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e67e56489d47f7df8e223cbc9&id=10038535cc&e=f03d3e04fc) members joined the [9th AVM-TAAF Walk2014](http://bensfriends.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e67e56489d47f7df8e223cbc9&id=9b70c237eb&e=f03d3e04fc) on May 4, 2014 in San Francisco. Over 500 participants gathered to raise awareness and funds to support TAAF's research, educational outreach, and programs. The Aneurysm and AVM Foundation (TAAF) is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to bettering the lives, support networks, and medical care of those affected by aneurysm and other vascular malformations of the brain. ![](https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/muRdnnIJB4o6P8Fzw6FLNxMn3-zEyQALHN7IMl5tHy3vN4izxPSD-fs6L-fNIksgn2MIKTRR56dkMiZs_ESZXH3f_7TLmq9TeIomaR4HwFLFtHonaaptEbdWtrIULQq7Oz6sxu_46xu13DNbQkKKZ_KMTZ8YnOTARiFw3A=s0-d-e1-ft#%3Ca%20href=) [Back to Top](#top)