Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, November 7, 1995 TAG: 9511070078
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: GREG EDWARDS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will honor Norfolk Southern Chairman and CEO David R. Goode tonight at the society's fifth annual Dinner of Champions at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center.
Goode, 54 and a Vinton native, lived in Roanoke before moving in 1991 to Norfolk, where NS has its headquarters. Goode will receive the health organization's Blue Ridge Chapter Silver Hope Award for community service.
Goode is a director emeritus of Center in the Square, past president of Mill Mountain Theatre, past president of the Roanoke Fine Arts Museum (now the Art Museum of Western Virginia), past director of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, past chairman of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and past member of the board of governors of the Virginia Bar's tax law section.
Previous recipients of the MS Society's award include former Roanoke Mayor Noel Taylor, Grand Piano and Furniture Co. founder George Cartledge, First Union Bank-Virginia Chairman Warner Dalhouse and Carilion Health System President and CEO Tom Robertson.
The MS Society chapter generally raises $40,000 to $50,000 through the annual banquet. The Blue Ridge chapter serves 45 counties, providing:
Emotional support to find effective means of coping with the disease.
Practical assistance aimed at improving day-to-day quality of life.
Educational programs to help people with MS and their families regain control of their lives.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord. It may distort or block the nerve impulses that control functions such as movement, speech or vision. The cause and cure not yet been discovered.
by CNB