~*~NephCure Fundraiser~*~ ***Please Read***

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~Hi! My name is Jenny and I have a 6 year old son who was diagnosed with MCNS last November. He was wheened off the pred. and was in remission for 3 weeks... He had a relapse and we are currently in the process of wheening him again and praying for a longer remission this time around!
~This has inspired me, along with family and friends to do a fundraiser for the NephCure Foundation to help try and find a cure for NS and FSGS. I recently have met a young man from the UK who has FSGS. He wanted to write my son a letter and he also wrote a separate letter for the night of our fundraiser that he would like us to read. Basically his "Story" and a thank you to everyone attending on our side to fight NS and FSGS. To make a long story short, there are others in our area that are doing the same. I have about 6-8 letters I am expecting. We would like to have them on display the night of our fundraiser for others to read. No 2 people are the same when it comes to this disease!
~My question to everyone here... Would any of you be willing to do the same? Write a letter to my son and write a separate letter of your/or your son or daughters "Story" we would be able to share? We feel that this would be a nice little display to share at our fundraiser. If interested, please contact me via email: bearhugznkisses@yahoo.com Thank you!!!
~I wasn't going to post this on here, but after reading about Mackenzie who recently passed away, really touched my heart! Broke my heart... Our main purpose for this fundraiser is to get AWARENESS out about it! We have suceeded at that! What we thought was going to be a small fundraiser, is turning out to be HUGE! I am even more determined... for Mackenzie! We need to find a cure!!! Please help us get awareness out for our fundraiser!!!

~jen~

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That is a great fundraiser!! When do you need to have the letters by? I would like to send them you. I am walking also in the kidney walk in May. http://walk.kidney.org/site/TR/Walk/MichiganInc?px=1015685&pg=personal&fr_i d=1162&s_tafId=1362

That is the address for my page for the Kidney walk. My work is actually who encouraged the walk and how I was able to get involved.

Please if you can reply with when you need the letters by and for the ones mailed where to mail them to. One day closer and closer we will get to finding a cure.

~Hey! Thanks for the response!!! Our fundraiser is May 2nd and May 3rd... Only 18 more days!!! Ahhhhh!!! :P Drop me an email and I will send you my home address if interested in sending it by mail... Ideally, if we could have them a week before the event, that would be great! That would give us a little time to get all the letters I am collecting together and arranged... I am going to have a nice little display! Like I said, this was just going to be a small fundraiser, but it has grown!!! We have an amazing silent auction with items such as: GB Packers football signed by all the players, including Brett Favre, a baseball signed by Corey Hart from the Milwaukee Brewers, Samsung HDTV, Kayak, Nintendo Wii, Guitar Hero package, Queen size mattress and boxspring, dorm fridge, 3 kids bikes, accoustic guitar, and the list goes on and on!!! Our sons school is the one who originally approached us in doing a fundraiser... We have a 2 day event... Friday night is geared more towards adults. We are having "Karaoke For A Kure" along with a local band in the lower level. We will also have a huge silent auction!!! Then, on Saturday, is the NephCure Step Forward Walkathon. After the walk, there will be a family carnival, hayrides, silent auction with kids in mind, karaoke for kids, clowns, ect! It is bound to be a busy weekend, but FUN!!!
~That is wonderful about the walk you are doing!!! Can I have your email address so we can exchange address'? I would love to send you a check to help sponsor you!!!
~You are ver right... One day closer and closer we will get to finding a cure!!!

~jen~

That sounds great what you are doing!!! My personal email address is kimdmx@hotmail.com. My work has been great about helping and supporting what I have gone through; last year was rough. I will send you over something for sure. I am getting ready to start a test for school so later on I will send you an email to your home address. I am so glad that I found this community!! And people like you to talk to!!

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