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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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Do you have a cause near and dear to you?

The reason I ask is...

I'm currently coordinating a race to benefit a friend who's wife has leukemia and it's amazing how many people are coming to help just because leukemia has touched their lives (even if they don't know me / the recipient). The whole process has been both heartwarming and heartbreaking.
 
The Christopher Reeve Foundation is very near and dear to Hubs' heart. His brother B. became a quadriplegic after a horrible football accident his freshman year of high school. Sadly, it became too much for B. to bear, and he took his own life when he was 25. Even though it was over 15 years ago, the 'loss' of his brother as he then knew him and then the actual loss of his brother 11 years later is still a terrible burden for Hubs. He believes that if his brother were to have been injured now, versus the early 80s, that it's possible he could have had the opportunity to walk at some point in the future. We donate all we can when we can in the hopes of saving some other little brother the heartache Hubs has experienced.
 
LeeAndra said:
The Christopher Reeve Foundation is very near and dear to Hubs' heart. His brother B. became a quadriplegic after a horrible football accident his freshman year of high school. Sadly, it became too much for B. to bear, and he took his own life when he was 25. Even though it was over 15 years ago, the 'loss' of his brother as he then knew him and then the actual loss of his brother 11 years later is still a terrible burden for Hubs. He believes that if his brother were to have been injured now, versus the early 80s, that it's possible he could have had the opportunity to walk at some point in the future. We donate all we can when we can in the hopes of saving some other little brother the heartache Hubs has experienced.
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Hugs to you and your husband LeeAndra~ Advances in technology to repair spinal cord injuries has definitely increased and improved the lives of so many people.

For me~ Our big cause is the Susan G. Komen foundation or any Breast Cancer Awareness Affiliate.

I was diagnosed with an advanced stage of breast cancer at 31. I helped to bring together an awareness group in Utah called the Young Survivor Sisters that supports women under 40 diagnosed with breast cancer. We have almost 200 women in our group today.
 
Mine is breast cancer as well. I had a scare myself about 10 years ago but turned out to be benign. I've done the 60 mile breast cancer walk twice.
 
breast cancer, and not so much Susan G Komen...but more local places like Michelle's Place here in my town that helps pay for mammograms for people who can't afford it, and they help in so many other areas too...finacially and with counseling.
Breast cancer has affected WAY too many friends and family members. One dear friend (she just turned 30 last month) has stage 4...in her bones too now and has had spots on her liver. We just pray pray pray.
 
Too too many. Ugh. Sometimes I feel like I'm a big cause sponge. LOL.

My DH works in banking, but his specialty is affordable housing projects. That is a huge issue that doesn't get a lot of warm fuzzy press or anything but is critical. And when you learn what is going on and hear the stories, it is just amazing.

And DH just had prostate cancer (and surgery), so that is kinda a big deal lately.

Kids not having books or food or healthcare or a decent education.

The list goes on...
 
My grandmother and two of my aunts are breast cancer survivors so we've gotten a bunch of our relatives together for a few Komen Foundation walks, although we haven't been able to get our acts together the last few years. I still try to support someone else in the Race for the Cure when I can't participate.

I also support the sponsor program at North Shore Animal League in Long Island, where my sister adopted my doggie nephew. :)
 
My husband volunteers as a wish granter for Make a Wish - it's an amazing organization!
 
I've been a long time supporter of local domestic violence programs . . .
 
This is a heartfelt thread!

There are a few causes near to my heart. I call my causes "the things that suck" causes. Not to make light of them..I don't mean it cheekily at all. But rather because they really really suck. And I can't find better words to really sum it up so concisely. They change lives and they hurt and I wish with my whole heart I could stop them from happening. But I can't. And so I do the next best thing I can. My "things that suck" causes are: cancer. addiction. hunger. and child abuse.
 
LeeAndra said:
The Christopher Reeve Foundation is very near and dear to Hubs' heart. His brother B. became a quadriplegic after a horrible football accident his freshman year of high school. Sadly, it became too much for B. to bear, and he took his own life when he was 25. Even though it was over 15 years ago, the 'loss' of his brother as he then knew him and then the actual loss of his brother 11 years later is still a terrible burden for Hubs. He believes that if his brother were to have been injured now, versus the early 80s, that it's possible he could have had the opportunity to walk at some point in the future. We donate all we can when we can in the hopes of saving some other little brother the heartache Hubs has experienced.
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Oh LA, that really touches me. ((hugs)) to your DH.
 
Oh LeeAndra I am so sorry....

We donate/volunteer as much as we can at our local Children's Home (it's a place that parents can take their kids if they can't care for them but do not want to put them in Florida's foster system which as you can imagine is less then ideal). The Humane Society and anything to do with animals is another one, I wish we could do more...
 
DH & I donate our time and money to a local orphanage. There is one home in our state that our group donates about $40,000 a year to help keep the facility operating.
 
So many noble, generous and brave causes (and women)! I am so impressed with your passion and drive.
I have supported many different causes over the year but the one I'm passionate about at the moment is the movement to end widespread use of the word "retard." I know it may not be nearly as far-reaching and elegant as other causes but I'm sick and tired of hearing that word used as an insult. I have met and taught so many brilliant students with special needs in my career and it pains me greatly when I hear people use that word in such a demeaning and offensive way. I also bristle when I hear someone say "that's so gay." Wish people could choose words that are thoughtful, rather than hurtful.
 
I always support the Sydney Children's Hospital after having to spend 24 hours a day there for 6 weeks with my second child 8 years ago. I saw so many heartbreaking stories.

Last week we visited a local charity here which supports Burmese refugee women. And after seeing first hand what they do I will continue to support them in any way I can.
 
DH and I are both pretty passionate about supporting causes related to children, both in our local community and through giving to international organizations. Two that we've supported for a long time are Save the Children and Smile Train. Save the Children is an awesome organization in the US and abroad that works to make lives better for kids in poverty stricken areas by giving families and communities tools/funds for transformation. Smile Train allows us to pay for cleft palate repair surgeries for kids in developing countries, where being born with that kind of deformity is devastating.

On a very personal level, I am involved with A Walk to Remember, which is a nationwide event for infant loss, particularly miscarriage, stillbirth and loss in early infancy. I had 5 miscarriages in between my girls, so it's a cause that's really meaningful to me.

I am so touched by the heart that everyone has shared in this thread. :wub
 
Any sort of cancer, but especially breast cancer. My mother-in-law was diagnosed days before I met DH. Luckily she fought a tough fight and won. Other people who've been near and dear to me haven't been so lucky.

Anything that deals with the safety and welfare of children. I work for Big Brothers Big Sisters and it's so rewarding to know that I get to help children every day with my work.
 
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