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Families of SMA Canada is pleased to announce the
Holiday Dreams Campaign. This fundraising campaign is perfect for everyone
that sends holiday cards/letters to friends, family and colleagues. Simply
click here to download the campaign letter - print it - and add it to the
cards and letters you send out.
 This
campaign has been very successful in the past! Especially at the holiday
season, our friends and family want to help. This is the perfect
opportunity for them to make a difference.
Campaign Letter - full
colour, 2
pages, 933Kb pdf file suitable for printing (email
bettylou@curesma.ca if you need help downloading the file)
If you have friends or family in the States, please check the
corresponding materials for American
mailings.
Example of holiday letter to accompany the printed letter:
Dear Friends and Family:
Every holiday season people write letters to update their loved ones
on news from the past year. They talk about happy events and sad ones;
accomplishments and challenges.
This year we are writing to you because our family has been affected
by Spinal Muscular Atrophy. (Insert something here about the person in
your family with SMA.)
You may not know that 1 in 40 people carry the gene that causes SMA.
It is a recessive disease - two parents who are both carriers of the gene
that causes SMA have a one in four chance of passing the disease on to a
child. SMA crosses all racial, ethnic, religious and gender boundaries and
while it is primarily diagnosed in children, it can affect people of any
age.
Families of SMA Canada is currently funding drug development
programs and clinical trials, which may mean a treatment is now on the
horizon. By increasing funding, we can help to unravel the mysteries of
this disease and continue working toward effective treatments. (You may
want to add a paragraph here about how FSMAC has made a difference to your
family.)
We hope that you will consider supporting Families of SMA Canada
this holiday season. Our organization’s motto is: “Together we will find a
cure!” We hope that you will join with us to help provide the funds needed
to advance research and support families. |
