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Last year we received the sad news that my brother-in-law (Frank Bos) has been diagnosed with ALS, which is a fatal muscle and nerve disease. Most patients will pass away, 3 years after diagnosis. To give future ALS patients a better perspective, more research is required. To this end, Frank has founded a Tour du ALS team, named PEDALS (Positive Energy Dueling ALS). This group has already collected 167.000 euros with a group target of 250.000 euros. Next to a financial target, we will have a sportive target as well: each participant will climb the Mont Ventoux one or multiple times. Please find below a link to our team page: https://www.tourduals.nl/teams/frank-s-pedals?utm_source=kentaa&utm_medium=email-share&utm_campaign=tour-du-als Will you support us?

From Sydney: While childhood leukemia has the highest cure rate of any blood cancer, it is also the number-one disease killer among children under the age of 20. This needs to change, and I know that as we come together and partner with LLS we will find a cure, not someday, but today! Your donation will prevent someone from losing a child, sibling, parent or loved one, and allow LLS to continue funding lifesaving research. My campaign to be the Student Visionary of the Year is all about dollars raised and I am asking you today to join me in this ambitious campaign. I have until Saturday, March 16th to reach my goal of raising $500,000.

Around 18,000 women get diagnosed for breast cancer on a yearly base in the Netherlands. Around 6,000 of the diagnoses are young women in the age between 25 and 50 years old. The number is growing. Women below 50 years old are not included in the annual breast cancer screening provided by the government. BUT THERE IS HOPE! A new way of breast cancer screening, which should become available to all age group is developed. It is currently preparing for real- life testing on women in Eindhoven. The YvYa foundation is helping raising funds to make this happen. Help donate, to make early and painless detection of breast cancer quickly available to all women of any age.

Every person in the Netherlands will at some stage have an experience with cancer. When you have cancer, it disrupts your life, but also when someone you know has the disease. The consequences are overwhelming. To all those millions of lives, every day we can make the difference, successfully, for more than 71 years. We not only fight this disease, but we also strive for a better life living with cancer. We work on life-changing research and make sure that expensive medicines are available quickly to everyone. From approachable open houses to the safe community kanker.nl making sure we can support everyone who is living with cancer. And by mobilising the whole of the Netherlands for our joint mission. To make sure fewer people get cancer, more people are cured and more people live better with and after cancer. Simply because there’s so much to live for.

Tubereuze Sclerose Complex (TSC) is een erfelijke aandoening waarbij op verschillende plaatsen in het lichaam goedaardige tumoren ontstaan. De goedaardige tumoren kunnen onder andere voorkomen in de hersenen, de longen, de nieren en op de huid. Omdat er verschillende organen betrokken zijn bij het ziektebeeld spreken we van Tubereuze Sclerosis ‘Complex’. Wat ook veel voorkomt bij mensen met TSC zijn sociale en emotionele problemen, epilepsie en/of een verstandelijke beperking en autisme. www.stsn.nl

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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, which occurs annually during the month of January, aims to raise awareness surrounding the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cervical cancer. The organizations selected for this Fund are doing the critical work to raise awareness by promoting regular health screenings and providing education to the masses while engaging in advocacy and research efforts with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.

Glaucoma Awareness Month, which occurs annually during the month of January, aims to raise awareness surrounding the impacts of glaucoma which affects more than 3 million people across the United States. Glaucoma often develops with no early symptoms, and many do not know they have glaucoma until their vision is significantly impacted. The following organizations are doing the critical work to raise awareness surrounding glaucoma, investing in cutting-edge research to treat glaucoma, and educating the masses on the importance of early detection and regular eye exams.

January is National Blood Donor Month, a movement to raise awareness surrounding the critical need for blood donations. Organizations such as the American Red Cross heavily rely on blood donors to help provide lifesaving treatments to those who need them. To participate, you can visit your local blood donation center to provide a blood donation, or you can make a donation to this Fund to support the mission of the American Red Cross, as they provide around 40% of the nation's blood.

Every holiday season, it’s easy to be grateful for the many good things in our lives. This year, XSOLIS wants to pay it forward to the amazing non-profit organizations that are truly making a difference in our world, and in so many ways. We’d love your participation to support the causes that are most meaningful to you!

Howdy Partners, It's Mo-vember time and we're wrangling support for men's health! Grow a ‘stache, donate a dash, and let’s lasso in some funds for a vital cause. Please find it within you to donate. Else I'll have let these whiskers roam free as the wild mustangs for nothin'... every nickel counts. Happy trails and hearty thanks!

Movember supports world class men’s health programmes that combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges. Men’s health is in crisis. Men are dying on average 4.5 years earlier than women, and for largely preventable reasons. A growing number of men – around 10.8M globally – are facing life with a prostate cancer diagnosis. Globally, testicular cancer is the most common cancer among young men. And across the world, one man dies by suicide every minute of every day, with males accounting for 69% of all suicides. Movember is uniquely placed to address this crisis on a global scale. We fund groundbreaking projects all over the world, engaging men where they are to understand what works best and accelerate change.

Movember 2023 - This November we are raising money for work in mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer

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Movember is a global movement to raise awareness surrounding men's health, with a particular focus on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health. The Movember Foundation funds various projects surrounding early detection initiatives as well as suicide prevention, and ultimately aims to improve health outcomes for men around the world. Your donation to this Fund will help directly support The Movember Foundation's mission to improve men's health on a global scale through research, programming, and awareness campaigns, with an emphasis on open conversation and destigmatization.

As HOPE continues its mission to support the inclusion of people with disabilities and their support networks through education, inspiration, awareness, and community involvement, we want to rally around the NAMI mission. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illness and their families.

To celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, Women@Shutterstock is excited to organize our very own virtual Women@Walkathon to raise money and awareness for breast cancer survivors. It’s a great way to get engaged and give back, and everyone is invited to participate! To kick things off, Women@Shutterstock is making a $1,000 contribution to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and The Pink Agenda, two organizations conducting lifesaving research. Please consider making a donation of any size—every dollar counts! And remember, if you have yet to use your matching dollars for the year, Shutterstock will match your donation up to $200. -- For information about the Walkathon, check out the below: - The Walkathon will be live from October 12-31 and will be a fully virtual event. You can walk in a park, on the sidewalk, on a treadmill…really anywhere that works for you! - Choose a distance to walk—1 mile, 5K, 10K or more if you’d like! - Take a picture of yourself during your walk or after you’ve finished, and upload it to #erg_women on Slack. Please include a quick sentence or two about why you participated—for research, in honor of a friend or family member, or any other reason. - For every photo submitted during the month of October, Women@Shutterstock will donate $100 to this fund!

The Lost Enzyme Project was created by the families of children diagnosed with Beta-mannosidosis in the United States in collaboration with the University of California Irvine Foundation, Kimonis Laboratory, and JCR Pharmaceuticals to create a novel enzyme replacement therapy. Our project, working through the University of California Irvine Foundation, has set a goal of raising $520,925.00 by August 1, 2025, to fund the development of a new treatment with JCR Pharmaceuticals. Donate via Bright to ensure you get the Company match (!) but, if you would like more information, please visit the UCI Health's project website at https://fundraise.givesmart.com/e/o2kg0g?vid=114x2x.

In our lifetime, 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer. I joined the Swim Across America community so that, together, we can change that. Last year I swam 2 miles and was able to share the accomplishment with my mother present at the event! I will be swimming swimming 2 miles (3520 yards / 3219 meters) again this year to show my support, raise awareness, and fund raise for cancer research. WE NEED TO FIND A CURE!!! I am dedicating this swim to my mother, Ursula Pugh, 6 year survivor of breast cancer and a good friends and colleagues whom we lost to cancer at the beginning of 2023: Joe Ruggiero and Bill Taylor. For my friends Gigi Madrid and Mary Ann Gottachalk Overturf whom are champions and fighters battling this disease today, and to all my family and friends that I have lost over the recent years; Ned Sexton, Tony Simpson (Throat), Malcolm Murphy (Bladder), Carol Grenier (Brain), Mr. Robinson (Pancreatic), Guy Merinac (Pancreatic), Herman Fons (Stomach), and many other countless losses. If you have any name(s) you would like for me to add to my support board, please send me them to me and I will be sure to add them! I will also send you a photo of the board at the event. If you are able, please support me by making a gift. The researchers we are funding are in our community and are the next generation of cancer pioneers. Without Swim Across America early stage funding, they are not able to conduct trials that can lead to breakthroughs that can save lives. Thank you for helping make an impact in the fight to find a cure! http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/goto/RPugh2023

ENVISIONING, A WORLD WHERE NO ONE DIES WAITING FOR HEALTHCARE! In India, access to healthcare remains a distant dream for many. Half the Indian households do not prefer the public sector, 40% Indian households do not have any government health facility near them, 23 million girls quit school due to their period. We aim to change this and provide health for all. Our goal is to provide access to quality, equitable healthcare to impact 5 million lives. To do this, we need your help! Your contribution has gone a long way to help ensure Health for All. With your help, we have been able to achieve our goals, in making healthcare accessible and affordable

This project aims to provide financial aid to patients in India, affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy Spinal Muscular Atrophy (“SMA”) is a neuro-muscular, progressive, genetic disease that robs people of physical strength by affecting the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, taking away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe. It is the number one genetic cause of death for infants. SMA is caused by a mutation in the survival motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1). The SMA-affected children and adults are cognitively bright and are budding professionals in various streams, but are physically dependent on their family members, friends, or guardians for any of their daily basic mobility needs. There are 4 types of SMA, SMA Type 1 to Type 4, and many finer variations among these categories. Impact Guru identifies these patients who need financial support for their Hospital and related medical expenses, and supports them through crowdfunding and raising grants. These treatments are using USFDA-approved drugs currently available as follows: - Disease-modifying therapy: These drugs stimulate the production of SMN protein. Nusinersen (Spinraza®) is FDA-approved for both children and adults. Your provider injects the drug into the space around the spinal canal. - Gene replacement therapy: Children younger than two may benefit from a one-time intravenous (IV) infusion of a drug called onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi (Zolgensma®). This therapy replaces a missing or faulty SMN1 gene with a functioning gene - A different medication, Risdaplam (Evrysdi®), helps adults and children older than two months. People take risdaplam daily by mouth (orally). We are currently raising funds to make medical drugs and treatment more affordable for those in need. Our goal is to support beneficiaries and provide them with access to life-saving resources that would otherwise be too expensive. With your help, we can make a significant impact on the lives of those who require medical assistance. Together, we can make a difference and ensure that everyone has access to the care they need. Thank you for your support in this important endeavor.

It is a tragic reality that children, particularly those under 5 years old, are vulnerable to infectious diseases like malaria, pneumonia, diarrheas, HIV, and tuberculosis. These illnesses can be devastating, and unfortunately, often result in the loss of young lives. Even older children face significant threats, such as non-communicable diseases, injuries, and conflict. At ImpactGuru, we understand the heart-wrenching toll that these diseases take on children and their families. We have witnessed firsthand the struggles of those who cannot afford the medical treatment needed to save their loved ones. It is a heartbreaking situation that demands our attention and action. We are committed to bridging the gap between donors and fundraisers, to provide vital support to those affected by these wretched conditions. We urge you to join us in this mission to provide hope and healing to those in need. With your help, we can ease the burden of organ failures, enable patients to access the care they so desperately require, and raise awareness about these diseases and their prevention. It is true that every little bit counts and even the smallest monthly donation can make a significant difference in the lives of thousands of patients. Your generosity can help alleviate the financial strain of post-hospitalization expenses, such as prolonged medication, diagnostics, rehabilitation therapies, and follow-up doctor visits/consultations, which can vary from disease to disease. We implore you to consider the immense impact that your contribution can make toward saving the lives of innocent children who are suffering from multiple diseases. Your support can give them a fighting chance to overcome their illnesses and live the life they deserve. Let us come together to make a meaningful difference in the world, one donation at a time.

🌱 Join Our Food for Life Program - Be the Change Today! 🌱 Dear Friends and Supporters, At Food for Life, we believe in the power of food to transform lives and communities. Our mission is simple yet profound: to provide nourishing meals to those in need while fostering a future of food security and sustainability. 🍽️ Why Food for Life Matters 🍽️ For many, a meal is more than sustenance; it's hope, dignity, and the promise of a better tomorrow. Our program not only feeds hungry bellies but also feeds dreams. Through sustainable practices, education, and empowerment, we're creating a ripple effect of positive change. 🌍 Your Support Makes the Difference 🌍 By contributing to our Food for Life program, you are directly impacting lives and the planet. Your generosity: ✨ Feeds the hungry and vulnerable in our communities. ✨ Educates individuals on sustainable food practices. ✨ Promotes environmental stewardship and responsible consumption. 💚 How You Can Help 💚 Donate: Every dollar counts. Your donation directly translates into meals and education for those in need. Volunteer: Join our passionate team and make a hands-on impact in your community. Spread the Word: Share our mission with friends and family. Together, we can create a movement for positive change.

ISKCON of Silicon Valley has formed a non profit, nonsectarian charitable food distribution program named “Free Veg Meals For All”. This project is working to conquer hunger in neighboring places of ISV by engaging volunteers and qualified cooks to prepare and distribute sumptuous, nutritious, freshly-prepared vegetarian meals to all, regardless of caste, creed or religion. “I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned Coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.” - Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple) Please help us to raise fund for this noble cause & If you would like to personally get involved please fill this short form - https://forms.gle/GwGcPNVbCkhaQkgL9

Every day, millions of people around the world experience chronic hunger and food insecurity, despite the world's supply of food resources. Chronic hunger not only impacts physical health, but emotional health and growth and development, with several more far-reaching and often devastating impacts. World hunger is a symptom of several root causes, including poverty, conflict, famine, disease, natural disasters/climate change, global economics, and issues with food availability and accessibility, among others. The following organizations are working towards their shared mission of solving the global hunger crisis. These organizations provide food resources to communities in need around the world, prepare and distribute meals during times of crisis and disaster, implement sustainable food programs, and develop policies to drive food distribution and improve food accessibility worldwide. Your donation to this Fund will help these organizations work towards the ultimate goal of reaching zero hunger by 2030.