Crohn's Disease Relief

Atlanta Take Steps for Crohn's & Colitis Walk is June 9th

The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) is having their Atlanta Chapter's annual fund raising walk on June 9th at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Thegroup has a Atlanta Take Steps for Crohn's & Colitis Walk web page.

 

 

Text CCFA to 90999 to donate $5.00 to CCFA

April is Crohn’s Disease Awareness Month. You can now text CCFA to 90999 to donate $5.00 to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.

I suggest everybody reading this post this to their Twitter, Facebook, email your friends, blog it, whatever.  It's our month people!

New Beautiful CCFA Holiday Cards Drawn By Kids

Here's a great way we all can help the CCFA raise money - super cute holiday cards drawn by kids with IBD.  The "Kids for a Cause" card line were drawn by the kids at the CCFA's Camp Oasis this summer.  They have cards for all sorts of holidays from Christmas, Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, Thanksgiving, New Years...

I LOVE this card with a Dove on it.  It's listed under Rosh Hashanah (which is next Friday!) but I will use it for Hanukkah cards personally. Like Dove for Peace on Earth, right.

David Garrard is Doing it for Crohn's Again

Remember last year when Centocor donated $10,000 to the CCFA for every touchdown scored by David Garrard?  Well, they're doing it again this year.  Here is a quote from the press release:

Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. announced today that the In the Zone for Crohn's program with David Garrard, quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars((R))(1) will continue this football season to raise awareness and provide funding for Crohn's disease research, education and support. Building on the success of last year's program, which raised $170,000 for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), Centocor Ortho Biotech will again make a donation of $10,000 to the CCFA for each touchdown Garrard scores, passing or rushing, during the 2009 NFL season.

I had a nice email telling me about this year's fundraising from Craig, at Johnson and Johnson, which is the parent company of Centocor.  Nice guy.  I know that a lot of people do get relief from their product Remicade.  And its great of them to fund research to help cure Crohn's. I mean really, once we have a cure (hope, hope) they won't be selling their product as much and I think that would be a good thing. 

I love me some David Garrard.  He's so cute, and a really nice role model.  It's refreshing to see a football star who claims his mom as an influence and doesn't make headlines for shooting himself in the butt or beating up dogs, if you know what I mean.  Hope Jacksonville does a bit better this year.

Did you read how I actually went on ebay and bought a signed rookie card?  Yeah, I am silly.  Here is the scoreboard so far, no money yet.  Let's all root for Jacksonville!  Especially when David throws the touchdowns.

Win Tickets to see NASCAR Driver Scott Speed and Help Raise Funds

NASCAR Drive Scott Speed is an Ulcerative Colitis sufferer, and is using his fame to help raise funds for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA.)

First of all, could this guy have a better name for his job?  I think not!  Second of all, this sounds like a really fun contest.  I would live to watch the race from the sidelines.  I wonder what effect Red Bull has on a UC digestive system?

The Take Steps Fast and Furious Fundraising Contest offers an automatic entry to win two tickets to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, November 8th for every $100 raised through the Foundation's national walk program, Take Steps through August 31.

 The winner will watch the race action from inside the Red Bull Energy Station, a VIP hospitality setup, and meet NASCAR driver of the number 82 Red Bull Toyota, and CCFA spokesperson, Scott Speed. You can read more about the contest here http://www.ccfa.org/about/press/pressreleases/NASCAR and those interested in the contest can visit www.cctakesteps.org.

Virtual IBD March on the Hill via Facebook

Facebook users - click this link to join the "Virtual March on the Hill." http://apps.facebook.com/supportccfa Shire will donate $1 per footstep to CCFA for research, education and support initiatives for each of the first 30,000 steps taken.

Edmonton Oilers Hockey Player Shoots and Scores for Crohn's

In the same way that David Garrard made $5,000 a touchdown for Crohn's disease this past football season, Edmonton Oilers hockey player Fernando Pisani will be making $5,000 per goal in the NHL season.

Drug manufacturer Centocor will donate the money to the CCFA for every goal scored by Pisani, who took time off from the game in 2007 due to Crohn's.

 

17 Touchdowns = $170,000 for Crohn's Research

David Garrard and Centocor have donated $170,000 to the CCFA towards Crohn's Disease Research.

Congratulations to David for a good season with the Jacksonville Jaguars.  They didn't make the playoffs this year, but played well!  David is known for his leadership on the field, as well as his willingness to be a spokesperson for Crohn's disease off the field.  Since we need more awareness of this disease, I really appreciate how he is willing to speak out.  He is also an inspiration to me personally.  When I am not feeling so well I think of how physical the job of Quarterback is.  If he can do it - I feel like I can too.  (Well, not really play football, but I can administer the heck out of a computer network, right?)

Let's Help Julie raise $3600 for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

One of the best parts about writing the Crohn's Disease Relief blog is that I have received emails from people in the community.  Today I am writing about a woman who is running a half marathon all for Fundraining for Crohn's Disease.

Julie Nemecek is training to run the ING Miami Half Maratho.  In conjunction with Team Challenge she has a fundraising goal of $3600 all of which will go to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.  (The people working tirelessly to rid the world of IBD)

Go Julie!  Good luck with the fundraising and the running.  If everyone reading this blog gave $25 thing of how fast Julie would exceed her goal.

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Here is an excerpt from Julie's email to me:

Hi:

I was hoping you might be able to offer some publicity on your blog for a fund-raiser I'm conducting for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. I'm running a half marathon in January with the Team Challenge program with a final goal of raising $3600 for the CCFA.

My husband, as well as my stepmother and other members of both my and my husband's family have Crohn's. So, this is a very personal cause for me. Otherwise, there is no way I'd be running 13.1 miles. I had never run more than a half-hour straight in my entire life before beginning this.


This is my fundraising page for the ING Miami Half Marathon for Crohn's and Colitis Research
http://www.active.com/donate/MI09dcvirginia/JNemecek33

And this is one of my blogs, in case you're wondering if there is a real person behind this request:
http://jcnemecek.com/grosvenor

Thank you so much,
Julie

Racking up 3 TDs and $30,000 for Crohn's Disease Research

David Garrard and Centocor have racked up $30,000 and 3 touchdowns in the fight against Crohn's Disease so far at Game 4 of the season. 

See the In The Zone for Crohn's site for more info.  The money goes to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, CCFA for short.