My co-reviewer on the blog is a part of a event to bring awareness about a rare disease. Please check it out! Thanks! ~Melissa
Aimee from AimeeKay's Reviews and Randomness (and Books and Things) and Rae Z. Ryans are co-hosting an event together. Readers for Rett Awareness goal is to help spread the word about Rett's Syndrome and introduce the families and girls suffering from this awful disease. (If you want to find out more about Rett's itself, please feel free to follow this link, and see what it's about. To actually meet a sufferer of Rett's Syndrome click here.)
Details of the event:
Readers for Rett is currently seeking authors, bloggers, Rett families, and small businesses to help us spread the word about Rett Syndrome. We are looking for people interested in opportunities to host families on their blogs and allow them to tell their stories to your readers, hold interviews on their blogs, and spread the word about this disease affecting families and their daughters. We would also like to pair up Rett's families/girls with sponsors who will offer giveaways to event attendees on their behalf. Bookish related items are best, but anything from gift cards to trinkets is appreciated*.What is Rett Syndrome?
QUICK FACTS:
—Debilitating neurological (movement) disorder that predominantly affects females. (Boys generally die from it because of the genetics involved) —Baby girls are born "normal" but begin to lose acquired skills between the ages of 1-3 years old. —Caused by a single gene mutation that leads to underproduction of an important brain protein. —The leading genetic cause of severe impairment in girls - most cannot speak, walk or use their hands. —Despite their physical disabilities, girls with Rett Syndrome are believed to be functioning mentally at a much higher level than previously thought. —As prevalent as Cystic Fibrosis, ALS and Huntington's. —Another little girl is born with Rett Syndrome every 90 minutes. —Rett Syndrome is a potentially REVERSIBLE disorder. Research has proven once protein levels are back to normal levels, symptoms subside.The awareness party will be held on Facebook, so yes, you will need a Facebook account to participate as a sponsor for the event. However, if you don't have one, but still wish to help spread the word, we can work with that too. Time and date: We plan to start the event October 3rd @ 10 a.m. CDT. However the length is still up in the air until we find out exactly how many sponsors and families we have to work with. We are planning it for October as that is National Rett Awareness Month. *Sponsors donating prizes will be responsible for shipping costs. If you are interested in learning more, participating, or helping Readers for Rett spread the word please click on the link or fill out the form below. Readers For Rett's Event Form if the below form doesn't display
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Kudos to Aimee & Rae Z. Ryans for using their bloggy powers for good, and to you Melissa, for helping spread the word. October 3rd is too far away for me to be able to commit to a FB party yet, but I'll add it to my calendar, and see what's up as the date grows closer.
ReplyDeleteI agree! Kudos! I just coppa pasta. :)
DeleteAwesome! Thank you! And thank you Melissa for helping us spread the word about this event!
DeleteWhat a fantastic event!!! I have to admit to not being familiar with Rett's Syndrome, so thank you for working so hard to increase awareness. You guys are awesome:)
ReplyDeleteOne more person who knows! Yay! The more people who know the more we can help to find a cure!
DeleteWow. That's a pretty horrifying syndrome, one that I haven't heard, well, anything before this. A fabulous event!
ReplyDeleteAgain the more who know! Hope you will be able to attend the event!
DeleteI hadn't even heard of this, I don't think. (The syndrome) It sounds very scary. What a wonderful event though!
ReplyDeleteThat's part of why we are helping to spread the word, is because most people have never heard of it. But again, the more who know!
DeleteI had never heard of Rett's Syndrome before, it sounds like a harrowing thing to deal with. What an amazing event to raise awareness!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI haven't heard of it until AimeeKay brought it to my attention. Good luck AimeeKay!
ReplyDeleteThank you. We are working on finding more Rett's girls and their families that will be able to participate on the 3rd. Part of the problem is the disease is so devastating. For example one of our girls is now in the hospital. Her mother is struggling just to get funds to get to and from the hospital, so I hate to add to her list of things with the event. She still plans on participating, I just hope that first and foremost her daughter is out of the hospital asap. Whether that means she has time for the event or not.
DeleteI can't say I know much about RETT
ReplyDeleteThat's ok. That's the main reason we wanted to hold this event, to help raise peoples awareness of this horrible disease.
DeleteOh how scary. I'd not heard of that before. I'll be hosting a party on the 3rd myself. Hope yalls goes wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope your event goes well too!
DeleteHi! Thank you so much for sharing about our event! (I'm glad the form decided to play nice and show up on your post. It refused to show up right on mine! lol) Even if you can't stop by on the 3rd, we plan on leaving the giveaways open for a few extra days. But even more important even if you stop by after the event is over, just commenting and saying hi to these girls and their families I know will mean so much to them. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteLove that you are blogging for awareness. My mom use to help with physical therapy for a young girl who suffered from this disease.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. I'm happy to see that more people are spreading awareness.
ReplyDeleteTo everyone who was interested in attending the event:
ReplyDeleteHere is the link to the event on Facebook. The link is now live and while the main part of the festivities won't be starting until Oct. 3rd. We are currently holding a few giveaways that are starting now. (Things like person who gets the most people saying that they were invited by them and changing your Facebook pic to the Readers for Retts pic until after the event.) Anyway here is the link to the event. Please feel free to invite anyone and everyone so we can make this as exciting as possible for the girls.
Thanks again!
AimeeKay
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