August is Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

This month is SMA Awareness month, so I thought I would post a few things about Spinal Muscular Atrophy...

• You can shop to end SMA, just click on this link: (http://shoptoendsma.com/) Just by beginning your online shopping with ShopToEndSMA.com, a portion of every purchase will go back to the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation. Yes, that simple. The percentages vary, but every little bit adds up and if you use this for your regular online purchases -- well, now you really have purchasing POWER! And many of the stores offer coupons on ShopToEndSMA.com that you won't find anywhere else. So with such stores as Target, Diapers.com, Amazon.com, Macys, Sephora....You really can't lose. Click here to learn more -- http://tinyurl.com/24kx32j


• ReadGive Magazines (http://readgive.com/charity/GSF) Do you order magazines? Do you know anyone who does? The Gwendolyn Strong Foundation is partners with ReadGive and now 40% of every subscription will go toward curing SMA. So before your order or resubscribe, take a look at ReadGive. They have a great selection of magazines and are adding more each month, so be sure to keep checking back and spread the word. Click here to learn more -- http://tinyurl.com/SMAmags

• 1 in 40 people are carriers of the SMA gene. Most people have no family history of this disease and don't know they are carriers until they have a child affected with SMA.


• Two SMA organizations won $250K in the Pepsi Refresh Project this year, which means $500K toward research!


• If you haven't signed the Petition to Cure SMA yet, please click the link on the right side of our blog page. It's simple to do and only takes a minute!

Look for more information about SMA on our blog as the month continues...