I wanted to take another step away from our usual content and ask that you head over to the Pepsi Refresh project and vote for the “Make Juvenile Myositis a Memory” project. I know someone (names withheld for privacy) with a child with JM, and it’s a hard disease for not only the kids but the parents. Today is the last day for voting, and they are bouncing between #1 and #3. #1 and #2 both receive $250k, so we just need to keep it out of #3!
With the possible money they could win:
This project will allow the CureJM foundation to continue critical research. Funding the center of excellence will allow JM researchers to combine clinical evaluation with drug research targeted at combating the devastating effects of this disease. Many researchers believe that there is also a genetic predisposition to autoimmune diseases. As such, they feel that a child afflicted with JM is likely to have a blood relative who suffers from another autoimmune disease such as diabetes or arthritis. Continuing to fund this vital research is of paramount importance to fulfill CureJM’s goal to make sure that no child suffers another day with JM.
They’ve in the running for the big reward, the $250. Just visit their website, or click the badge here to cast your vote. You can vote every day, and help find a cure.
via Make Juvenile Myositis a Memory | Pepsi Refresh Everything.
A big THANK YOU to VISWORLD and its subscribers for helping get out the vote to help Cure JM win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi Refresh! Voting was officially closed an hour ago and it looks like the efforts of all the volunteers and organizations like VISWORLD were able to put Cure JM in the needed 1st or 2nd place to win the research Grant. While the results are not yet official until tomorrow morning at the last update before voting was closed Cure JM was in 1st Place! THANK YOU for the effort made and for the time of all your subscribers who took a moment out of their busy day to cast a vote!