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Nancy Davis Foundation Raises Money For MS With Royal Wedding Dress Replica

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First Posted: 06/ 2/11 12:48 PM ET Updated: 06/ 2/11 12:48 PM ET

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When Nancy Davis learned that her foundation's 18th Annual Race to Erase MS gala was on the same day as the royal wedding, she took it in stride.

Davis decided to combine the two occasions into an event called Rock and Royalty to Erase MS, Hollyscoop reports. Then she had another idea.

"And then I thought... wouldn't it be fun to have that wedding gown here?"

She asked founder and design director of A.B.S., Allen Schwartz, to design a wedding gown inspired by Kate Middleton's, and they auctioned it off on charitybuzz.com to benefit the foundation. The winning bidder will get to have the gown customized to her body.

The Race to Erase MS event is the principle fundraising effort of the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis; proceeds benefit the Nancy Davis Center Without Walls program. This year's event raised more than $2 million, and the annual event has raised over $30 million to date for multiple sclerosis research.



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When Nancy Davis learned that her foundation's 18th Annual Race to Erase MS gala was on the same day as the royal wedding, she took it in stride. Davis decided to combine the two occasions into an ...
When Nancy Davis learned that her foundation's 18th Annual Race to Erase MS gala was on the same day as the royal wedding, she took it in stride. Davis decided to combine the two occasions into an ...
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Carolyn Avery
6 minutes ago (3:46 PM)
That's great but I hope they are able to spread awareness of Dr. Roy Swank's treatment for MS, which worked very well for thousands of his MS patients over the span of his long career. His simple, low-cost treatment is a low-fat whole foods vegan diet. Not very popular with foodies but his patients might say differentl­y. It's too bad so little is known about his work since his program does not have the side effects of dangerous drugs and has the added benefit of actually working. So I hope if you have MS or know someone who does you do a little research about Dr. Roy Swank (and Dr. McDougall, who is carrying on his work now that Dr. Swank has died) and pass on the good news.
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