Pepsi Refresh Project; Cure JM in 4th Place!

Michelle | August 16, 2010

Image via Wikipedia I posted earlier about Cure JM having a chance at a $250,000 grant from Pepsi and we still do! Voting is open until the end of August. In July we were in 12th place and as of today we are in 4th. Woot Woot!!  The top two will each receive the grants.  [...]

Make Juvenile Myositis A Memory!

Michelle | July 24, 2010

Pepsi is hosting a contest and is giving away 250K to the winner! I’m supporting Make Juvenile Myositis a Memory by The Cure JM Foundation.  About 5,000 kids in the US are affected by this disease, putting it in the ‘rare disease’ category. But just because that number isn’t astronomical, doesn’t mean that they don’t [...]

Have lupus? The Lupus Alliance of America needs your help

Michelle | March 26, 2010

In the beginning of my illness, I was told that I had lupus. I immediately went home, cried, then read everything I could get my hands on. I was online reading medical journal material, lupus blogs, lab reference sites, everything and anything (except for sites with no reputation, and the ‘cure all’ sites, ugh). I [...]

The story of ‘Lucy’ by Julian Lennon and James Scott Cook

Michelle | December 31, 2009

Here’s a little info from Julian Lennon about Lucy.  I really like the song, it’s catchy.  Check out the video, it’s an interesting story, and remember you can download the song from iTunes and portions of the proceeds goes equally to The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) and the St. Thomas Lupus Trust in London. This [...]

Good News from the Arthritis Foundation

Michelle | July 3, 2008

I just got this email from the Arthritis Foundation and instead of me trying to explain it ( I have no brain today)  I’m just copying and pasting the e-mail.  By the way, I’m advocate…   Arthritis Legislation Update Dear Advocate, As we near our nation’s birthday we wanted to share some preliminary good news regarding [...]