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read about our efforts and support them if you can!
Jude's Fais Do-Do
for MITO-get ready to Fais Do-Do for MITO at our dinner,
dance, and silent auction. It's September 20, 2008 in Sulphur,
LA! Check out volunteer
opportunities.
Be "MITO-IZED"! Get ready to be
a mitochondrion this Halloween! See
costumes.
BUY T-SHIRTS!
LET MIGHTY MS. MITOCHONDRION come to your
school!!!! See pictures and learn more by clicking here.
EBAY SALES-We are selling the boys' stuff,
especially smocked, boutique, and namebrand clothes on ebay,
and proceeds go to UMDF. Click
here if you want to ask us how to look at these auctions
on ebay.
UMDF COINS FOR A CURE-the following
locations are participating or have participated in the past:
Edinburgh One Stop
Nils and Angela's Gallery Jewelers
McLaurin Elementary School
If you are willing to collect coins in your classroom, office,
etc. Please contact
us.
CHRISTMAS DRIVES-Instead of the Christmas
gift exchange or White Elephant, would your company/school
and its employees be willing to utilize that money for a UMDF
donation?
That's what Daily Equipment and its employees decided to do!
They raised $1100 for the UMDF Jude Manley fund! Thanks
Daily!
GRAND ROUNDS-YOU CAN DO THIS!!! In Feb
07, Dr. Bruce Cohen came to UMC Jackson to speak about mitochondrial
disease. The first session targeted families, allied health,
disability organizations, providers, and caretakers. The second
(Grand Rounds) was for doctors and other medical professionals.
Dr. Cohen also met with Pediatric Specialists to discuss cases.
In all, over 130 people learned more about mitochondrial disease.
If you are willing to organize Grand Rounds through your hospital,
PLEASE contact UMDF and let them know! You have to set it
up through the hospital's Departments of Pedatrics, Neurology,
or Genetics. Then you fax, email, and call affected families
and professionals to generate interest. Ask for reservations
from these potential attendees, and reserve a conference room
and plan food arrangements accordingly. Then send attendees
an email with time and location, and directions.
What you can do:
For free:
1. You can make http://www.goodsearch.com
your home page in your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox,
Netscape, etc.). You simply set up your browser to pull up
the goodsearch website as your homepage. Specify UMDF as your
recipient. Every time you get on the Internet and search,
UMDF receives a small donation.
2. You can go to http://www.oprah.com
and click "Find out what we're working on. Share
your story." There is a list of topics. Select the most
appropriate one and ask Oprah to do a show on mitochondrial
disease.
3. You can join and shop with iGive.
Search for "mitochondrial" to designate the UMDF
as your recipient.
4. Wear a savejude.com tshirt! Ask us for one!
For a donation:
1. We set up a Jude Manley fund through UMDF. Donations to
this fund will benefit all children with mitochondrial disease,
and UMDF selects potential projects. Our family gets to select
the final project and we have a great desire to be involved!
You can make
an online donation in Jude's honor to UMDF, or you
can mail a donation in Jude's honor to:
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
8085 Saltsburg Road, Suite 201
Pittsburgh, PA 15239 USA
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