Hey there!
Thank you for visiting my personal fundraising page to support the 13th Annual DFW Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma event -which is now a Virtual event to keep everyone safe. We are trying to raise $3000 by June 29 (World Scleroderma Day)!
I am the volunteer President of the Scleroderma Foundation Texas Bluebonnet Chapter. The Scleroderma Foundation funds research into scleroderma, supports patients and their families through support groups and reliable information about the disease and provides education events & opportunities. We only have one part-time paid office manager in Texas so that your donation goes directly to support patients and help our national office fund research.
The Foundation has the highest rating with www.guidestar.org (check it out >>. https://www.guidestar.org/profile/52-1375827)
I'd love for you to join my team and Virtually "Walk" (or run or do sit ups, ...) with me ANY DAY AND ANY WAY, now through June 29. Let me know and I'll come by and walk with you - 6 feet apart!
If you prefer, we very much appreciate any donation you want to make to help us with patient and family support, education events and research. Scleroderma is such a rare disease that we don't get much funding from the National Institute of Health, so scleroderma has a rigorous process of funding research into the cause and care of scleroderma. Significant progress has been made recently into treating fibrosis in the lungs, which can often be fatal.
But most of all, I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR FOCUSED PRAYERS through the month of June and after, which is Scleroderma Awareness Month. WE KNOW THAT PRAYER CHANGES THINGS!
Please put it on your calendar to pray on June 29 (World Scleroderma Day) or any day in June. Pray for a cure, or discovery of the cause of the disease; for researchers to have extraordinary wisdom from God to discover new insights; for loosening of the permanent constriction in patients hands; relief from the pain that patients endure; reversal of the fibrosis that builds up in some patients lungs, hearts, gastro system and kidneys; especially the lungs - that is what most often kills Scleroderma patients. For those undergoing stem cell transplants and lung transplants - that the transplants will not be rejected or that the new lungs and organs will not get the same fibrosis.
If you've seen what Scleroderma does to me, you've seen the very mildest form of the disease. Many, many have it much, much worse. Pray for them, for their doctors and medical practitioners, for researchers, for their families and caregivers.
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to make a contribution to support me and help raise funds for scleroderma patients. To make a donation, click the "Donate Now" button that appears under my photo. Then, just follow the instructions.
Please help today! I sincerely appreciate your support, and please share this with anyone who you think might want to help.
Help me bring more awareness to scleroderma so we can find a cure!
Love, Diane Lee
817-637-5485
dlee@scleroderma.org
dianelee8@gmail.com