The Strongs are good friends of my best friend. Their daughter has SMA - the #1 genetic killer of children. 90% of children diagnosed with SMA will not live past their 2nd birthday. SMA takes away their bodies' ability to move, breath, and swallow - but their minds are unaffected. 1 in 40 of us unknowingly carries the gene that causes SMA.
The Strongs have set up a foundation - The Gwendolyn Strong Foundation - to help fund research for a cure (and researchers believe a cure can and will be found within the next few years). The Gwendolyn Strong Foundation is now a finalist in the Chase Community Giving campaign on Facebook. IF THEY WIN, THEY RECEIVE $1 MILLION TO DONATE TO SMA RESEARCH. This is HUGE.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VISIT THEIR BLOG:https://www.gwendolynstrong.com/
Not only will you see all the instructions on how to vote for their organization on Facebook, and how to sign the peitition for Congress to help end SMA, but you will be able to read their story and meet their beautiful daughter Gwendolyn, who has already defied the odds by making it past her 2nd birthday,
Thank you, and please pass it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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