Donate a dollar for ALS
Hi everyone,
My sister-in-law just sent me a letter written by a grad school friend of hers who, at a very young age, was stricken with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease). His name is Avi and his story is really quite incredible - once a Captain in the Israeli Defense Force, Avi arrived at Harvard Business School just a few years ago, ready to take on the world at age 29. He soon noticed some difficulties with his hands - cramping and trouble lifting weights. Soon he was diagnosed and given a life expectancy of two to five years. One of the worst aspects of this disease is that while the body shuts down, the mind stays clear.
Avi is turning this into a positive, though - he's done a number of things to help find a cure for ALS, including help raise over four million dolars (!!) research.
Now, he is giving people a couldn't-be-easier way to help. It's a grass roots campaign called dollar4life and asks nothing more than that you donate one dollar and pass this email/his website on to friends.
As Avi puts it, "The power of one, times a million, can help us find a cure."
I'd encourage you to visit www.dollar4life.org and donate a buck - a Starbucks tips, really - to make a dent. Each donation will light up a pixel in the portrait gallery of ALS patients on the website. With our help, we can light up one million pixels and brighten the life prospects of ALS patients everywhere.
I'm not sure about you, but I know that, all too often, I take my body for granted. The fact I can walk, run, dance - I just do it without thinking. Much of the time, so many of us women spend time directing hatred towards our bodies, trying to slim down, lose weight, look "better" - but really, what is better than a healthy body that works when we want it to? Stories like this make us realize we need to say "Thank you" to our bodies (remember the Dear Me exercise from a few weeks ago?) I think donating to this cause is another way to say Thank You.
Thanks for listening,
Leslie
* If you would like to contribute with a check, please make it payable to Prize4Life, Inc. and address it to: P.O. Box 381708, Cambridge, MA 02238-1708. Prize4Life, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization and donations are tax-deductible.
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PS donating is super easy and you don't need a special account or anything - i just did it and it took about 20 seconds!
This is an amazing site! The concept is terrific and it is a great way to make an impact with only $1 dollar (which isn't a lot) and by telling others (which I would do any way). Thanks for posting Leslie!
