Friends,
First 100-mile bike ride of the year
Todd and I who have MS and some of our early morning daily riding friends did our annual 100-mile bike ride on the Vilas County trails in northern Wisconsin this past Saturday. The weather was windy and cool which was very MS friendly. The trails were beautiful. It’s so nice riding that far on paved trails and not worrying about traffic. If you ever get a chance to ride there, I would highly recommend it.
Yes, Todd rode the entire 100 miles on his hand cycle. That’s a challenge for someone with MS that has been affected the way he has been affected. MS has not been easy for him but he sets a great example of not being afraid of it and making the best of doing what he can do despite his challenges with MS.
Personally, I was able to handle it quite well again this year. I think the cool weather had something to do with it. This was probably the best I felt during the ride and after the ride in all the years we have been doing this ride. I still say my MS as a disease keeps getting better each year, not worse. I hope you experience the same with your Day of Endurance journey. There’s no doubt in my mind that rebounding every day all winter long has a big part of this as well as drinking a therapeutic dose of chia seeds daily.
We sure were thankful to be able to do this together.
Rick Talbert’s Yardstick of Life Presentation
Last week, I said we would get you a link to the video of Rick’s presentation for last week. If you weren’t here last week and want to see the presentation, here’s a link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6sNRsGcZZw
Rick has had quite a journey through life…Thanks for sharing, Rick!
Educational Videos
More of our speakers and educational presentations are being uploaded on our YouTube channel. Here’s a link, check them out.
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UClvyB43uSl1wJSoGBJkSeCw
Golf Outing – Friday, June 26th
Baskets and raffle items are coming together nicely! A huge THANKS goes out to everyone who went out and solicited donations for us as well as those who made a donation. Also, a huge thanks go out to our volunteers who are putting the baskets together and getting this all organized for us…THANK YOU!
The lunchroom is where we are doing all the organizing, etc. We will be opening it up for selling raffle tickets and silent auction items this Friday. Please avoid the use of this room until Friday except for water, etc. Get ready for the grand opening on Friday. Thanks for your cooperation!
We will be doing the prayer group in the front room the next two Wednesdays. Thanks for understanding and cooperating. Same time, different room.
We will be able to sell raffle tickets at the gym for the golf outing this year. We will be doing this Friday of this week along with Monday and Wednesday of next week. We have great baskets and silent auction items again this year. Some real fun events and activities to try to win.
Please check out the items starting Friday and purchase tickets if you are willing and able to do so.
We really want to give the golfers a great experience as well as raise a bunch of money for our mission.
Volunteer sign ups
Since expanding our hours, we are seeing a greater desire from our members to come to the gym more days per week. We’re hoping these opportunities can allow our members to continue seeing progress. With more demand and Summer travel, it’s helpful for our leaders and volunteers to see who’s planning to volunteer when.
Indicate when you’re volunteering via the web using this link: link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044BADA72CAAFFC07-63269348-msjkm#/
There’s also an app for the Signup Genius that you can download to your phone called “SignUpGenius” (orange icon). You’ll have to create an account. Then, you can “find a sign up” by searching by a sign up creator’s email address: kborn1234@gmail.com
Christina’s social & leisure activity program is re-starting!
Christina has kindly offered to continue offering her program the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 12:15 – 1:30pm in the breakroom. This program will re-launch on July 8th. If you are interested in hosting a group-based activity like games, gardening, painting, or something else, please reach out directly to Christina at behre176@gmail.com
Let’s get together – Open Gym plus programs!
We’ll be getting together from 7:00am – noon on Monday through Friday mornings at the gym. Plus, Monday and Wednesday evenings from 4:30pm – 6:30pm and Tuesday afternoons for the aquatics program. I hope you’ll join us!
Where:
Wisconsin Metal Parts – Westmound Building
MS-Just Keep Moving, Inc.
W228N791 Westmound Drive
Waukesha, WI 53186
Email Dr Kate Kern at kborn1234@gmail.com with any questions.
Exercise class schedule Feedback welcome to make this as best as it can be!
Nutrition Program.
This week, Janine and friends talked about preservative food additives. That’s an interesting topic for those of us who want to get our bodies to heal from the inside.
If you are not engaging in our nutrition program, I would highly encourage you to at least read the handouts that Janine prepares for us each week and apply the information into your lifestyle.
Here’s a link to the full handout:
Nutrition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15osFZALVsjClgCPV8lZM2j4qLw5aLUlt/view?usp=drive_link
Janine puts a lot into these presentations. It’s wonderful for her to share these presentations with those who can’t be here. It’s even more impactful for people who can be here in person to get the information first hand and be able to get questions answered and learn from others living with MS.
I would highly encourage you to engage in our nutrition program Monday mornings @ 9:00am so you can benefit at a high level. All are encouraged to come; people with MS, loved ones, care takers, volunteers, etc.
Thank you, Janine!
Prayer Group We’ll be having our prayer group Wednesday from 11:00am – noon.
I just love the way we share, pray and laugh together while we witness prayers being answered weekly. It’s truly amazing!
Thanks goes to God and to everyone that joins us. Let’s get together to share, listen, talk, give thanks, and pray however God leads us.
MS-Just Keep Caring – Our Caregivers support group will be the first and third Friday of each month from 10:00 – 10:30am. The next one will be this Friday, June 19th, 2026. If you’re a caregiver of someone you love with MS, please join us and share your experience of caring for your loved one. This has been very helpful for many. Thanks to all who participate!
Member Spotlight – Linda Strzelecki
Linda and Jeff have been coming very consistently and are proving once again that consistency is necessary for us to stay ahead of our MS and make progress with it. Great job, Linda and Jeff! They’re really fun to be with too 😊
Ed and Adam’s Podcast
Adam and Ed talked with Rick Talbert about his journey of living with MS along with many of Adam and Ed’s beliefs.
Here’s the link:
Talking With Rick by Positive Vibes Living with MS
Thanks Adam, Ed and Ava for doing these podcasts together!
Educational Sessions
Wednesday, July 1st 9:00-10:00am: Joy Cochran, DPT, will review her demo of “how to fall” safely and effectively. We all fall, so let’s practice how to do it well!
Wednesday July 15th 9:00- 10:00am – bi annual volunteer meeting
Friday, July 17th 11:00 – 12:00pm: bi-annual volunteer meeting
Wednesday, July 22nd 9-10am: Join Andrew Morris, OTD, OTR/L, an occupational therapist with extensive neurological rehabilitation experience, to learn how the Bioness L300 Go and Thigh Plus systems work and whether they are right for you.
Friday, July 26th 11:00- 12:00pm: join us for a day of endurance kick off event! Learn about the event, set your goals, and let’s get training in gear for this years event on August 29th.
Future topics could include: emotional health, nutrition, yoga, tai chi, wellness topics, safe use of gym equipment for your body, best exercise for you and more. What topics would you like to see? Please let Dr Kate, Joan, Traci, Ricky or Dan know.
Day of Endurance Training
Event is Saturday, August 29,2026 – Training is now
What: Do what you can
- Consistent Daily Exercise
- One long day per week – increase each week – no more than 10% per week
- Buddy up and exercise together
- Enjoy the journey 😊
Friday Morning Bike Rides
Looking at the weather for this Friday, it looks like it will be a great morning for a ride.
We’ll be meeting Friday morning at 7:00am at Nettesheim Park in Pewaukee. It’s on the SE corner of Hwy SS and Oak Street. The GPS address is: N26W27495 Prospect Ave, Pewaukee, WI 53072.
Come a little early so you can get your bike out of your car and be ready to ride as close to 7:00am as possible. We’ll ride until about 8:45. Let’s ride and have some fun!
For those who wish you could join us but can’t; please know we have you in our hearts on these rides. We’re riding with you and for you. I hope you too can join us someday.
Shoe Donations
Do you have any shoes you can donate? Becky Thomas is collecting old or new shoes supporting Soles for Jesus. These shoes will be distributed to people in need of shoes in Africa. Becky dropped off a box for us to drop them in. Please bring in shoes if you have any extras.
Coughs, colds, flus, etc. – Let’s not share
There are a lot of bugs going around. If you are experiencing any symptoms, please stay home and recover from them instead of sharing with the rest of us at the gym. We look forward to you getting over it and having you back quickly.
Research Needs us!
Marquette University, UW Milwaukee, University of Illinois, and Carroll University have research opportunities they would like us to engage in. We have flyers and more information about these opportunities at the gym. Please engage in these opportunities if you qualify. You could make improvements yourself and you could be helping so many other people with MS as they face their challenges. We really need to get this MS thing figured out and you can help by engaging in these research opportunities.
Here’s a research opportunity that Marquette University is doing for all of living with MS. I would highly encourage you to engage in this if you qualify.
Health and Wellness Massage Opportunity – Carroll University
Our Facebook page is private. That means you’ll need to join if you want access to all our fun and progress. We’re now at 695 members. That’s awesome! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2639832389489709
Our Facebook page is active and fun. Lots of people are doing more and sharing their journey on Facebook. Feel free to join, post and share your experiences and comments.
There were some awesome pictures, videos and comments shared again this past week. Thank you to all who are sharing!
Metals for MS
Thank you to all who brought in aluminum cans, gutters, copper, brass, etc. Please keep bringing them in…you are helping us. We took some more in last week and received another $136.40. Our total up to $2,437.19 so far. That’s really good…thank you!
Parking
If you are able-bodied and willing to park across the street in the Acuity Foam lot so people with mobility challenges can park in our lot, please do so. We want to make it easy for people with mobility challenges to park and get into our building safely. Thank you for doing that!
Gym Open and Close Procedure
If you’re the first to come or the last to leave the gym, please use this procedure for opening and shutting down.
Thai Massage with Ricky and Nyani
Ricky will be here on Wednesdays doing Thai Massage.
Nyani will be here on Fridays doing Thai Massage
Our goal is to serve as many people who come to the gym consistently as we can with these Thai Massage services. Going forward we will be doing a rotational schedule to accommodate as many people as we can who need and want a massage.
There are some guidelines written up at the gym. Please respect the guidelines so we can serve as many people as we can. Please sign up according to the guidelines.
Here’s a link to the guidelines: Thai Massage at MS-Just Keep Moving
Reiki on Fridays
Reiki is available at the gym, for FREE on Fridays with Linda C, 9:30am until noon. Sessions typically last 20-30 minutes. Sign up for a session on the white board.
Reiki (ray-kee) relaxes the body so that healing can occur! The “magic” of Reiki has helped some of our members with pain, insomnia, constipation, and so much more! Try it the next time you are at the gym!
Here’s a Link to information about Reiki: Reiki at MS-Just Keep Moving
Inspirational Humor with Adam Wollert
We’ll be having our inspirational humor zoom call with Adam again next Tuesday. Adam is a gift to all of us. Thanks to all who joined us today!
Please join us if you can.
Tuesdays @ 1:30PM
Here’s the link to join us…I hope you do!
Join Zoom Meeting with this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9431389152?pwd=bWlYbFNaazVnM1M1cWxWMitlODdXUT09
Meeting ID: 943 138 9152
Passcode: 3qP2hu
Phone: 1-312-626-6799
Let’s reach out
I encourage you to share a smile and encouragement with someone. Perhaps you could call someone that you have not talked with for a while just to say hi and see how they are doing. We all could use a little extra love and encouragement.
MS is tough. Let’s have faith, remain calm, be flexible, help each other and learn as much as we can about the challenges of each day as we make good choices and take action.
Let’s keep moving, smiling, and loving 😊 It helps in many ways!
In God We Trust…we are in good hands.
Dan
Our Website: http://msjustkeepmoving.org/
Phone: (262) 232-8552
P.S. I took my camera along up north this past weekend hoping I would get some pictures of some loons with a baby. We knew they were on the lake because one of the lake residents built a platform for them to nest and shared the process. We’ve been following them.
I always admire seeing God’s love evident in critters when I am out in nature. How do they know how to love and protect each other?
They sure do love each other
I’m thankful I was able to capture these moments and share them with you. I’d really like to go back up and see if I could find them again at sunrise or sunset.
These ducks didn’t have a care in the world. Nap time.
Some more Motherly love 😊
Many times, simple is beautiful!
This little guy was outside our window the other night. Gotta love all God’s critters 😊
When we were on our walk last Thursday, we came across a frog on the trail. It let me get my cell phone pretty close to it.
For those who cannot get out and enjoy nature due your challenges with MS…my heart is with you. You are with me every time I am out there. I enjoy being able to share with you. I know how hard it is not to be able to get out and enjoy nature. Let’s enjoy nature and God’s beauty together this way.
