Hallaluya! It's a comin' !!!

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

Boy do I have 2 good pieces of news to share today! Our Foundation was just

awarded a $5000 Grant for 2004 operating expenses from Bloomberg! Ya hoo!

Bloomberg! Gerry and I worked last year to get a $5,000 award (which we did)

and I wrote a proposal recently to ask for another grant and they are again

awarding a $5,000 Grant.

This is fabulous, as it takes money to run our organization and pay for

things like charity registrations and audits and stationary and postage and

website

and Chat and office supplies. We are all volunteers at this time, so we don't

have overhead of staff, so that $5,000 goes a long way and means 100% of our

TeamWalk efforts will go into Research Awards.

We were also awarded a $5,000 Grant from The Millipore Foundation as the Lead

Sponsor for the 2004 TeamWalk For Our Cures effort. The Millipore Foundation

doesn't usually award grants to national organizations. However, they were

so impressed with what our organization has done in less than three years that

they made an exception.

I put up the two letters we received from Bloomberg and The Millipore

Foundation so you could read what they wrote to us about giving us the Grants.

You

can see the letters here:

http://sp-foundation.org/bloomberg-millipore.htm

We are doing it! We are making a difference! Let's keep it going! Imagine

what we can accomplish if we all put our hands together. This is the beauty

of having an organization just for us. Let's make it grow and grow!

best,

Kathi

Spastic Paraplegia Foundation, Inc.

[Guest guest]

Hey Kathi...

I also got some good news from this side of the country. I received a call

this morning from someone who is going to be a $5,000 lead sponsor for CA TW

and then Ken Auer, who is on our committee, sent me an email that his former

employer is also going to be a sponsor (Ken said for at least 1,000).

Geez, that's only two requests and two " yes's " ... I haven't even approached

a couple of other companies yet!!! That's on my To Do List next week as

soon as the Chicago Connection is over...so much to do, so little time.

Nah...bring it on!!

And YES, the note cards will be ready to ship by the end of the month!!

Holiday gifts for anyone who thinks this far in advance!!

Gentner

Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

[Guest guest]

Kathi...This is wonderful news. Your effort and dedication are to be

applauded. On behalf of the PLS/HSP community, we are deeply grateful to

you and the others for leading the charge and leading the way. As always,

thanks for all you do. See you in August. Doug Brand/St. sburg, FL

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Hey all,

Boy do I have 2 good pieces of news to share today! Our Foundation was

just

awarded a $5000 Grant for 2004 operating expenses from Bloomberg! Ya hoo!

Bloomberg! Gerry and I worked last year to get a $5,000 award (which we

did)

and I wrote a proposal recently to ask for another grant and they are again

awarding a $5,000 Grant.

This is fabulous, as it takes money to run our organization and pay for

things like charity registrations and audits and stationary and postage and

website

and Chat and office supplies. We are all volunteers at this time, so we

don't

have overhead of staff, so that $5,000 goes a long way and means 100% of

our

TeamWalk efforts will go into Research Awards.

We were also awarded a $5,000 Grant from The Millipore Foundation as the

Lead

Sponsor for the 2004 TeamWalk For Our Cures effort. The Millipore

Foundation

doesn't usually award grants to national organizations. However, they were

so impressed with what our organization has done in less than three years

that

they made an exception.

I put up the two letters we received from Bloomberg and The Millipore

Foundation so you could read what they wrote to us about giving us the

Grants. You

can see the letters here:

http://sp-foundation.org/bloomberg-millipore.htm

We are doing it! We are making a difference! Let's keep it going!

Imagine

what we can accomplish if we all put our hands together. This is the

beauty

of having an organization just for us. Let's make it grow and grow!

best,

Kathi

Spastic Paraplegia Foundation, Inc.

[Guest guest]

Kathi,

What wonderful things you are doing, that is fantastic news about the grants.

Thank you for working so hard for all of us.

God bless, Sandy

Hallaluya! It's a comin' !!!

Hey all,

Boy do I have 2 good pieces of news to share today! Our Foundation was just

awarded a $5000 Grant for 2004 operating expenses from Bloomberg! Ya hoo!

Bloomberg! Gerry and I worked last year to get a $5,000 award (which we did)

and I wrote a proposal recently to ask for another grant and they are again

awarding a $5,000 Grant.

This is fabulous, as it takes money to run our organization and pay for

things like charity registrations and audits and stationary and postage and

website

and Chat and office supplies. We are all volunteers at this time, so we don't

have overhead of staff, so that $5,000 goes a long way and means 100% of our

TeamWalk efforts will go into Research Awards.

We were also awarded a $5,000 Grant from The Millipore Foundation as the Lead

Sponsor for the 2004 TeamWalk For Our Cures effort. The Millipore Foundation

doesn't usually award grants to national organizations. However, they were

so impressed with what our organization has done in less than three years that

they made an exception.

I put up the two letters we received from Bloomberg and The Millipore

Foundation so you could read what they wrote to us about giving us the Grants.

You

can see the letters here:

http://sp-foundation.org/bloomberg-millipore.htm

We are doing it! We are making a difference! Let's keep it going! Imagine

what we can accomplish if we all put our hands together. This is the beauty

of having an organization just for us. Let's make it grow and grow!

best,

Kathi

Spastic Paraplegia Foundation, Inc.

[Guest guest]

,

You and Kathi are real troopers for all of us. Thank you so much for all you are

doing. God bless Sandy

Re: Hallaluya! It's a comin' !!!

Hey Kathi...

I also got some good news from this side of the country. I received a call

this morning from someone who is going to be a $5,000 lead sponsor for CA TW

and then Ken Auer, who is on our committee, sent me an email that his former

employer is also going to be a sponsor (Ken said for at least 1,000).

Geez, that's only two requests and two " yes's " ... I haven't even approached

a couple of other companies yet!!! That's on my To Do List next week as

soon as the Chicago Connection is over...so much to do, so little time.

Nah...bring it on!!

And YES, the note cards will be ready to ship by the end of the month!!

Holiday gifts for anyone who thinks this far in advance!!

Gentner

Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.

Helen Keller (1880-1968)