Pound Out SMA/SMARD Announcement and New Giveaway Goodies!!

Hi all! We are thrilled to announce we now have 18 sponsors on board, and a few more who have chosen to lump sum donate. That means if I can get my butt in gear and lose the full 30 lbs. we will raise over 600.00 dollars! YAY everyone!

For those who haven't had a chance to read about Pound Out SMA/SMARD, here's what's going on: we are raising money for Dr. Keirstead's embryonic stem cell program at UC Irvine--a program which has the capacity to CURE Dakin's disease. Dr. Keirstead and his team are preparing for human clinical trials on SMA Type 1 children in early 2010, but need funding to help these trials happen. So we have joined with a number of other SMA families to raise 100,000 dollars. Our part of this will be Pound Out SMA/SMARD, in which I am attempting to lose weight to raise money.

If you'd like to help, you can do so in two ways:

1. You can donate directly any amount to Unite for the Cure, and in the donations box write Pound Out SMA/SMARD or Lovelace family.

2. You can pledge to me 1.00/pound to a total of 30 pounds/30 dollars. Let me know if you'd like this option by responding to this post or emailing me at poundoutsma@gmail.com Pledges will be collected at the end of November.

100% of all donations go to Dr. Keirstead's program.

NOW FOR OUR ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm really excited about this! We have a new giveaway sponsor: Littlest Boutique! Littlest Boutique makes beautiful bows for little girls, as well as fashion accessories for women. Seriously, you need to check Littlest Boutique out--all the items are gorgeous!! The woman who runs it is the wife of a friend, and we are so glad to have them on board! Littlest Boutique is offering a breathtaking set for one winner of our giveaway. Check it out:

I know, right? GORGEOUS!! The giveaway for the hematite, rose quartz and amethyst jewelry is also still going on--as a reminder (and I apologize again for the lousy pics):

Giveaway Rules: you get one entry each:

1. Post about Pound Out SMA/SMARD on your blog, then come back here and let me know!

2. Post about Pound Out SMA/SMARD on Facebook, and let me know here.

For those who have already entered, you don't need to do it again. The cutoff for the giveaway is now October 1st!