Off-Topic: Facebook, Multiple Sclerosis and a Good Cause
Posted on 18. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid in General
It’s pretty rare that my personal life ends up in this forum, let alone my professional life, but one of the companies I am involved with* has just launched a pretty neat Facebook application (http://apps.facebook.com/mschampions) that allows people to find walks and bike rides sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and connect with others who are also involved. This doesn’t have anything to do with dads, but it’s a noble effort. If you’re not involved yet, check it out. And if you *are* involved, there’s even more reason to check it out to extend those virtual relationships out into the real world.
Back to the dad news in a moment.
(* My company works with EMD Serono and Pfizer, who put the app up.)
rudy
20. Mar, 2009
MY wife just got all of us involved in a walk a thon. It is to support cancer and it is called relay for life. It is going to be our families first ever. We are all going and it last overnight till the next day. we are very busy but I am a little exicted about it, this coming week on march 27,28 in lyford, Texas. a small southern nice town.
Kelly M. Bray
23. Mar, 2009
Autism is my cause of choice. My 11 year old son Tim is Autistic. One in 150 children is diagnosed with autism. It brings terrible loss and pain to the families involved. There is a walk in LA next month. Feel free to join us or email me for more information on walks near you.
http://www.walknowforautism.org/losangeles/team_timmy
Facts about Autism
Did you know?
* 1 in 150 children is diagnosed with autism
* 1 in 94 boys is on the autism spectrum
* 67 children are diagnosed per day
* A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes
* More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined
* Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
* Autism costs the nation over $35 billion per year, a figure expected to significantly increase in the next decade
* Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases
* Boys are four times more likely than girls to have autism
* There is no medical detection or cure for autism