Saks 5th Avenue off 5th Event at Merrimack Premium Outlets

Merrimack Premium Outlets will be hosting a wonderful event in their Saks 5th Avenue Off 5th store Sunday, September 21st from 6:00-9:00 pm.

The event will feature special shopping discounts, a book signing with Katina Makris (talk show host & author), a Q&A session with John Donnally ( http://bit.ly/1lFsUmX), a $100 gift card raffle with proceeds to benefit TBDA, food and a DJ.

Note: The day before this event TBDA is hosting a walk in Nashua check out the website for more and they hope to co-market the event including newspaper interviews beforehand, MUR TV (NH station):
http://www.firstgiving.com/Tick-BorneDiseaseAlliance/first-annual-5k-race-to-bite-back-for-a-cure

About Katina Makris:

Katina I. Makris, CCH, CIH, is the popular host of the weekly talk showLyme Light Radio With Katina. Katina has worked in natural health care since 1985. She is a former newspaper health columnist, award-winning author of Out of the Woods: Healing Lyme Disease, Body, Mind, and Spirit, past board member of the Council for Homeopathic Certification, and is the keynote speaker at the Ticked OFF Music Fest concert series.

Makris’ personal experience of near death and catastrophic loss due to long-term misdiagnosed Lyme disease, coupled with her professional experience as a certified classical homeopath and certified intuitive healer, give her enormous depth and hard-earned wisdom.

Dynamic, authentic, and compassionate, Makris “unites heaven and earth” as she guides people in self-help exercises that ignite the powerful mind-body healing pathway, a critical tool for overcoming chronic Lyme disease and many other illnesses.

About John Donnally:

Born and raised in Madison, N.J., John Donnally attended the Morristown-Beard School from 2004-2008 where he competed in hockey, soccer and lacrosse. John first began suffering from Lyme-related symptoms in the fifth grade but did not gain an official diagnosis until 2003.

Throughout high school John was healthy and only experienced mild lingering symptoms. As captain of his lacrosse team, John was named first team all-conference and first team all-county. He continued his talents at Colgate University, but during this time, he also began to experience new and intensified symptoms, including cascading floaters in vision, neck pain, joint pain and tendonitis. In 2011, John tested positive for Lyme once again and started treatment immediately.

In May 2012, John graduated from Colgate University with a degree in English Literature and began working as a sales consultant in New York City. While working, John felt a strong desire to take action against Lyme and do something that played a lasting role in his life. This desire inspired him to join the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance and launch Bite Back for a Cure, a national grassroots campaign to build support for the fight against the devastating impact of tick-borne diseases. This summer and fall, John is biking across the country to Bite Back against tick-borne diseases and build support in the fight against the devastating illnesses.

Currently, John dedicates his free time to coaching men’s lacrosse at Morristown-Beard High School and training for his cross-country bike tour.