I think you probably know I like films. I enjoy watching them, and I enjoy talking about them.
But I don’t think films are more important than children.
My friend Kevin, from the blog Always Home and Uncool, has a daughter who has juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare autoimmune disease that can have debilitating or even fatal consequences. In his words:
Our 2 year old daughter’s first year with the disease consisted of surgical procedures, intravenous infusions, staph infections, pulmonary treatments and worry. Her muscles were too weak for her to walk or swallow solid food for several months. When not in the hospital, she sat on our living room couch, propped up by pillows so she wouldn’t tip over, as medicine or nourishment dripped from a bag into her body.
The disease is rare, and as such research on it’s treatment and cure is often overlooked in favour of the big boys like cancer. But there are charities out there dedicated to it’s eradication. And you could help one of them without spending a single penny.
The charity CureJM is currently trying to get a grant from Pepsi in order to fund their research. Unfortunately CureJM have to go through a American Idol style popularity contest where people vote for their favorite causes. Yeah, I know.
Currently CureJM is ranking at third in the rankings, which is very exciting as the grant will be given to the top two causes. They are nearly there.
Now ordinarily I would be very reluctant to encourage people to support one good cause over another. However the cause currently standing at number 2 in the chart is a bunch of people who want to put on a horror movie festival in LA. Which, while no doubt important to the organizers, isn’t the most worthy of causes when compared to contributing to saving the lives of dozens of children.
So what can you do? Well, go over to CureJM’s page over at Pepsi, register (which takes very little time and effort) and then vote for them to receive the grant. And then tomorrow go back and vote again (you can do it daily).
And if you are feeling extra altruistic you could write a similar blog post to this over on your blog. Hell, you can just steal this one if you like.
We all know how powerful bloggers can be when they all move together, and the CureJM’s chances of getting this grant are very good indeed if everyone gets behind them. So please, lets all get together and help out Kevin, and help out all the families that have or will have children suffering from this horrible condition.
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Thanks, I appreciate it
Thanks for the plug and support, Dan. People can vote 3 times a day — once by text, once by Facebook, once through a unique email/password through August 31. If you register for daily voting reminders on http://www.curejm.org and Cure JM wins the grant, you will automatically be entered in a drawing for an iPad, which I hear is good for watching movies on.
Cheers! Kevin
No worries man, great to see you’re now at #2!
Done, immediately, no hassle, just do it people.
Cheers Gary!
Done.
Thanks Steve
Done and link shared.
It’s now sitting at number 2 – fingers crossed!
Remember everyone you can vote every day ;-)
Thanks, I really appreciate it
Done and tweeted.
Thanks! :)
It is the rare sickness like this juvenile dermatomyositis (whew! It’s hard to spell and pronounce. Thankg God for copy/paste! LOL!) That the field of research should turn its attention to. I have a facebook account. Please tell me the link and I will add my vote!
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Headed there again. I think it is great what Kevin and the dad community are doing here.