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February 27, 2001

Volume 1

"Lean On Me"

How many times have you sat around and thought that you were the only one in the world like you. I have! Sure, I had family and friends, but due to my droopy eyelid, I always thought I was the only one around that was like that. That is part of the reason I dreamed up the idea for us to have our own organization to support each other when times like those were caving in on us. Please use this organization as a "Lean On Me" source that you have right at your fingertips. Remember there is HOPE! We need to all bond together! Help me to educate the public. I want people to realize that just because we have a disease does not mean that we can't be a vital part of today's society. Get involved with the fundraising in your area. Find a way to help educate the public about MD related diseases. Working together we can do anything!!! Come join us in the MDA Safari Buddies Organization. Let's "Lean" on each other to help Jerry fight for a cure and for the money to do the research to find the pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow. I would like to encourage each of you to help make this organization work.

by Bri

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"Our Heroes"

To set the tone for our first "hero" recognition, I decided to write about a few ladies and gentlemen that a lot of us know. The ones who run the MDA offices in our area. I don't know about you...but I truely believe they are AWESOME!!!!! They are the ones who are out tromping through the "jungles" of the MDA world, to help us raise enough money to go to camp and clinic, to find us a chair or braces, and hopefully to raise enough money to eventually see a day when the world won't have to know what it is like to deal with a neuromuscular disease. In every MDA office in the US, there are men and women like the ones in the office near us, that are constantly trying to come up with new ideas to help raise money for our cause. Thank God for them! Tomorrow another one of our heroes will take a stand for us on the Senate floor. Mr. Jerry Lewis will speak on our behalf in hopes to have more money allotted for research. This man has given so much for us through the years. Thank you, Jerry! The next time you visit your Patient Services Coordiantor or one of the Fundraiser Directors in your area, be sure to give them an extra special hug! They are fighting a lot of our battles for us. Thank you ...Employees of the Muscular Dystrophy Association! You are our heroes!

MDA Safari Buddies