The 24 inspiring Unite For The Cure families, who have banded together to collectively raise $100,000 for Dr. Hans Keirstead’s promising SMA stem cell program, have surpassed the $70,000 collective milestone — in three months! That’s truly an amazing accomplishment and it shows how this vibrant, passionate SMA community can come together and leave no stone unturned to overcome any obstacle to raise funds for research programs they believe in.
Way to go Uniters! Keep up the great work…
The Uniters are on a roll and have officially put the pedal to the metal surpassing $60,000! This milestone gets us one step closer in our collective target of raising $100,000 for the groundbreaking and promising SMA stem cell program at UC Irvine. Way to go Uniters! We are making a difference already!!!
To see how the Uniters are doing, visit our reporting system at GwendolynStrongFoundation.org/uftc.
The Gustafson family of Washington met and are now surpassing their $5,000 Unite For The Cure goal! With lots of creativity and the help of friends, the Gustafson’s created fundraising opportunities in many ways. In addition to asking for support from friends and family, they organized a photography fundraiser, a Halloween party, and a raffle. Way to go Gustafson’s — and we know you aren’t done yet!
The Gooden family of Tennessee has blown past their personal goal of raising $5,000 for Unite For The Cure! Their hard work brings UFTC one step closer in our collective goal of raising $100,000 to accelerate Dr. Keirstead’s SMA stem cell program at UC Irvine. Congratulations to the Goodens on raising $6,570 and way to go!!!
In just under two-and-a-half months since officially launching the Unite For The Cure campaign, the 23 Uniter families across the United States and Canada have already collectively raised over $50,000 from more than 600 unique donors for Families of SMA, specifically earmarked for Dr. Keirstead’s promising SMA stem cell program. This is an amazing accomplishment in such a short period of time and under such unfathomable personal circumstances, but we wouldn’t expect anything less from such an inspirational group of families.
“This is an amazing achievement!”, says Kenneth Hobby, President of Families of SMA. “Thank you all for the fantastic dedication and imagination that you are putting into this campaign. This is what our community is all about — coming together and showing that collectively we truly have the power to reach our ultimate goal. Each and every dollar counts and is so important.”
So, how have they done it?
These Uniters have done everything from letter writing campaigns to community events. They have organized and executed bake sales, casino nights, silent auctions, and drink-a-thons (yes, drink-a-thons). They have had restaurant benefits, raffles, and Mary Kay fundraisers. They have pushed themselves with weight loss challenges and by asking for help from their friends and family. Their friends put together spinning classes, photography benefits, and bowling events. They got local businesses involved and even large corporations. They created annual events such as marches, walks and parties. These incredibly motivated families have turned just about anything into an opportunity to increase awareness and raise funds and their tenacity has paid off.
We are so proud of each and every one of these families and are honored to be fighting alongside one another towards our goal of collectively raising $100,000 for Families of SMA to accelerate Dr. Keirstead’s groundbreaking program. Keep up the amazing work!
The inspiring Lucas Family of Canada held a block party, organized a garage sale, sold awareness ribbons, and pulled off a hugely successful Georgia’s Journey of Hope fundraiser as they soared past their individual goal of raising $5,000 for Unite For The Cure in our quest to collectively raise $100,000 for Dr. Hans Keirstead’s groundbreaking SMA stem cell program at UC Irvine. Congratulations Lucas Family! You guys are awesome!
This week, the Lunt Family of California reached its family goal of raising $5,000 for Unite For The Cure in our collective goal of raising $100,000 for Dr. Keirstead’s promising stem cell program at UC-Irvine. We are so proud of the Lunt Family and their efforts. Congratulations!
Oh, and don’t look now but Unite For The Cure is headed towards the collective $50,000 mark!
The Pringle Family of Texas has reached its goal of personally raising $5,000 for Unite For The Cure in our collective effort to raise $100,000 for Dr. Keirstead’s promising SMA stem cell program by the end of November 2009. Way to go Pringle Family! You guys are awesome!
This week Unite For The Cure passed another milestone — $40,000 raised to date towards Dr. Keirstead’s promising SMA stem cell program. And these 20+ inspiring families have done it in under 2 months since Unite For The Cure was launched. That’s truly amazing!
So, join us in our march towards our $100,000 Unite For The Cure goal. Click here to make a donation today. It’s 100% tax deductible and 100% of your donation will be going directly to FSMA to benefit Dr. Keirstead’s groundbreaking program.
What an amazing week for Unite For The Cure. We had two Uniters, the Marshall Family of California and the Schmid Family of Pennsylvania, blow well past their $5,000 individual goal to help propel collective Unite For The Cure donations over the $30,000 mark and nearly to the $40,000 mark — in one week!
The Marshall’s have raised over $8,500 through their “Micah’s March 2009″ event and the Schmid’s have raised over $8,000 from their “Spinning” and “Zane’s Run” events. Congratulations Marshall and Schmid Families for an amazing accomplishment and keep up the inspiring, motivating work Uniters!
