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Al Musella
888 295 4740
musella@virtualtrials.com
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Each year approximately 300,000 people
in the United States
will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor.
An estimated 100,000 new cases of primary
malignant and non-malignant tumors
An estimated 170,000 cases are brain
metastases
An estimated 30,000 cases are pediatric
This means that every 24 hours 842 people (or
every hour 35 people) receive a diagnosis of a brain tumor
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May is brain tumor
awareness month. Did you know?
* The cause of Brain Tumor is unknown.
* Whether benign or cancerous, ANY brain tumor can cause
disability or death.
* Research is generally underfunded.
* In the U.S., there is a diagnosis of brain
tumor about every 15 minutes.
* More knowledge has been gained in the past 10 years
than in the past 100 years.
* Brain tumors strike regardless of age, sex or race.
Money is required to fund research to END BRAIN TUMORS.
This can come directly from events like this, or by
raising awareness to influence elected officials to vote
favorably for our cause.
Thank you for your help!
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What We Do:
We have 2 missions:
1. Speed up the search for the cure of brain tumors
2. Help families deal with the diagnosis of a
brain tumor.
To accomplish the first
mission, we must raise
money for brain tumor research, and seek out the
most worthwhile projects to fund. We helped set up
a collaboration of over 70 brain tumor
organizations – called the Grey Ribbon Crusade – to help them work
together as an army instead of as individuals.
To help families, we provide them with an extensive
website, www.virtualtrials.com, which has information, articles, and videos
about the disease as well as a database of clinical trials for brain
tumors. We help patients match up with eligible trials, and provide
support groups to help them cope.
We track our members with the “Brain Tumor
Virtual Trial” – which is a registry of brain tumor patients, the
treatments they do and the outcome, so we can tell which treatments are
working the best. We advocate for FDA approval of brain tumor treatments
as well as Medicare and other Insurance company approvals for brain
tumor treatments.
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What we have done:
We
have helped tens of thousands of brain tumor patients manage their
disease. We have given out over $1.5 million dollars in research grants
to some of the most important projects. We funded the early
immunotherapy projects that have led to 3 of the most exciting vaccine
candidates now being tested!
We helped the Grey Ribbon
Crusade start the National Walk To End Brain Tumors, with plans to have
a brain tumor walk in every state during the month of May which is Brain
Tumor Awareness Month.
Last year, we had walks in approximately 25
of the 50 states.
We have been involved in the FDA approval process and Medicare approvals
of every treatment approved for brain tumors in the last 15 years.
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What We Want To Do:
Have walks in every state during the month
of May which is Brain Tumor Awareness month.
The money from these walks will be used to
fund research projects that will one day lead to a cure.
If we can find a cure, no parent will have
to say to goodbye to their child and no parent will have to promise to
fight to see their child grow up.
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 How you can help!
Coordinate a walk in your state!
It will only take 10-15 hours of your time.
We have all the flyers, registration
materials, “how to” guides for a walk.
Won’t you volunteer to organize a walk in
your town?
No time for that?
Then just make a donation! Any size is
appreciated.
Walk
For The Cause
To donate,
go to www.virtualtrials.com/donate
Here are some additional ways to support this great
cause.
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Donate $ 25 or $50 to the Musella Foundation
and we will send you a $25 or $50 Hotel Cash Card and the link to a
special
Expedia site that provides the
best rates. Then use the Card on your next trip to take $25 or $50
off of the already low Hotel rate. It pays to care ! |
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Just
Donate $25 dollars and we send you a $25 dollar Hotel CASH
Card
That adds to the great travel
offerings. It pays to Care !
CLICK to SAVE
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Just
Donate $50 dollars and we send you a $50 dollar Hotel CASH
Card
That adds to the great travel
offerings. It pays to Care !
CLICK to SAVE.
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 These
cards provide YOU with real
cash
dollars that can be used
instantly to save money on Hotels at over
55,000 hotels world-wide in Thousands of destinations.
After you have your card, just
CLICK HERE
or See the bottom of this page for links to book travel
and to use your CASH CARD.
These cards can be given out as gifts, or used
as incentives for donations, and more.
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NO Minimum stay requirements
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world-wide
PLUS!
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To learn more about our
program funding
email us.
877 532 2919
Ask about our getting started
funding program.. we do most of the work, and provide a
Development Director to work with you..and your cause.
www.yourgatewaytogiving.net
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 Donate
$25.00 or more .. And
as a thank you, we provide donors with a Great
Cause Card.
This is a high value card
for supporters, businesses, families and individuals.
They provide thousands in savings and
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No matter where you live,
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Movie Passes And much more.
LEARN MORE
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