Gabe's Nyc Run For Msa Awareness

[Rachel]

Gabriel is going to be running in the NYC Marathon November 4th in honor of his father who passed away from MSA. He is using this as an opportunity to raise MSA awareness and to raise money for DINET.

You can see his website for the marathon here: http://www.crowdrise.com/fightmsa

Thank you, Gabe, for your hard work and fundraising efforts! I hope the marathon goes well!

Rachel

[HopeSprings]

He is using this as an opportunity to raise MSA awareness and to raise money for DINET.

I love stuff like this. Good luck, Gabe! What does that mean... raise money for Dinet? Why does Dinet need money?

[Rachel]

Gabe is choosing to do fundraising along with his marathon. People are donating money for him to run, and the donations will be given to DINET.

DINET is a nonprofit organization, and although we are run by volunteers, it does cost money to keep DINET going. There are costs associated with web hosting, yearly forum costs, fees for filing nonprofit paperwork, office supplies, etc. There have been t-shirt sales in the past, and the money raised from those went toward making the POTS documentary. We've saved up money to build a new website and revamp the Meet Others program. Once those big projects are completed, it would be great to move on and do more projects! We just have to have money and volunteers.

[HopeSprings]

Thank you for that info. I had no idea there were costs associated with Dinet. This is a great site and if there is anything I can do as a volunteer, I'd be happy to!