tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25475768880913017812024-02-19T18:37:51.702-08:00Braedans BridgeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-83957896070759869822016-06-27T08:41:00.000-07:002016-06-27T08:41:51.854-07:00Braedan's Bridge has closed out it's blog. Please follow us on our website at <br />
<a href="http://www.braedansbridge.squarespace.com/">www.braedansbridge.squarespace.com</a>. Thank youUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-75763678630751246982015-05-15T13:50:00.002-07:002015-05-15T13:50:39.049-07:00The Great Outdoors 2015. Braedan experiencing Turkey hunting and just the love of the outdoors...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjzUyh1LT1P7Ni_LqHpJR-_T42pMqH2AZR3p8uaN1Z_4ixlaUYhA-ukNcwDws_AJ6RKsxlRLUvgjP0_mEg-WzSWckmIsq9wgBT9KrN1VdIZyrwXizb8il4c4sdpeO77ov9sJuZEwKpwBq/s1600/10314588_944769268906949_1840420375861678089_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjzUyh1LT1P7Ni_LqHpJR-_T42pMqH2AZR3p8uaN1Z_4ixlaUYhA-ukNcwDws_AJ6RKsxlRLUvgjP0_mEg-WzSWckmIsq9wgBT9KrN1VdIZyrwXizb8il4c4sdpeO77ov9sJuZEwKpwBq/s320/10314588_944769268906949_1840420375861678089_n.jpg" width="233" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL38H14-T_oKc3HsfvDoLuwTYJit0lY8i_hU_G6OF6k3IkzHtUi6wLxevMpS_DqM77oRqSSb-gt9VvhvqTiP4x1lzahPtGuNzbkQ_F-8PVJ8MpX4JIubjvFDiXsK-U2Kx2WKeYL-xUiSqI/s1600/11059246_946359372081272_8285874056511405694_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL38H14-T_oKc3HsfvDoLuwTYJit0lY8i_hU_G6OF6k3IkzHtUi6wLxevMpS_DqM77oRqSSb-gt9VvhvqTiP4x1lzahPtGuNzbkQ_F-8PVJ8MpX4JIubjvFDiXsK-U2Kx2WKeYL-xUiSqI/s320/11059246_946359372081272_8285874056511405694_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F360btT2mF9YPBoa7mkfc91XxOw96b6pFOPClEotx4QXAZYljgWvHFl5xjWOt-JkmBfXPXriggPc-0HSTn3mtEn6irzPWW6diX5drigzcjOBoTtcyJQrsiJpgwou4sQMXqByxDB0XC_0/s1600/11168496_946359898747886_4453973130432316901_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F360btT2mF9YPBoa7mkfc91XxOw96b6pFOPClEotx4QXAZYljgWvHFl5xjWOt-JkmBfXPXriggPc-0HSTn3mtEn6irzPWW6diX5drigzcjOBoTtcyJQrsiJpgwou4sQMXqByxDB0XC_0/s320/11168496_946359898747886_4453973130432316901_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFWiSFlgGSm4dMw8ur5nbDGaMiGJ0rYrss6aTgPnDy0cF706AmNQrcXrqcQOpnalPHXPCggiTeIKyp_fi0bXRvk5aFGf3itOvVOtN-ihFj0xxfs82tmu0d_nhhiOegCciQkNBKTkUll-b/s1600/Braedan+and+Turkey+-+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFWiSFlgGSm4dMw8ur5nbDGaMiGJ0rYrss6aTgPnDy0cF706AmNQrcXrqcQOpnalPHXPCggiTeIKyp_fi0bXRvk5aFGf3itOvVOtN-ihFj0xxfs82tmu0d_nhhiOegCciQkNBKTkUll-b/s320/Braedan+and+Turkey+-+.jpg" width="227" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1a3QRoeV7KhyNR80QYvxGEyLkaMy1vD96LNw9ayVRbL-MAv5gs87QgbPbmNFfsRGEJQwIBftEcsPaecBL9RKJZyZBk7p4rjRchecmJScVVAdfdkW6cHFqt6SLbCc0ch9UwVtL21sNtKs/s1600/mms_picture+(28).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1a3QRoeV7KhyNR80QYvxGEyLkaMy1vD96LNw9ayVRbL-MAv5gs87QgbPbmNFfsRGEJQwIBftEcsPaecBL9RKJZyZBk7p4rjRchecmJScVVAdfdkW6cHFqt6SLbCc0ch9UwVtL21sNtKs/s320/mms_picture+(28).jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8W6i9x0Df7eZAdi7oZaeM7O_NOU43do3PWv3ZtdXJTw8IiuA5JQnxiqNM2Ex7eIkHIuohzWGtOmv4X_TpyJz5jGqBDhfLNSJFriL1tQEN0irwfgc_o6HGy-hsUZukkpTDEueTKfEtsRG/s1600/mms_picture+(27).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8W6i9x0Df7eZAdi7oZaeM7O_NOU43do3PWv3ZtdXJTw8IiuA5JQnxiqNM2Ex7eIkHIuohzWGtOmv4X_TpyJz5jGqBDhfLNSJFriL1tQEN0irwfgc_o6HGy-hsUZukkpTDEueTKfEtsRG/s320/mms_picture+(27).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-53824491957861648742015-05-15T13:37:00.002-07:002015-05-15T13:37:45.827-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Coming soon..... Follow us on a trip of a Lifetime</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Braedan's Make A Wish was so graciously granted</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>and we are about to go on an adventure like no other.</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>We plan to share with all our close friends and family through</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>our Braedan's Bridge blog so that you can see what </i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>adventures Braedan is up to.</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Stay tuned for more information.... Below is a little hint.</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Make a Wish" src="http://wish.org/~/media/Shared/make-a-wish-logo.ashx" /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Image result for south african flag" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkvhalXbDWrkAfW5nTwa_lo2tqkgW-cRrjIJ6qlSlq2f0YZ9abDQ" /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-8728013184734675072015-05-15T13:29:00.001-07:002015-05-15T13:31:05.005-07:00All in for Duchenne 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O_HV4PKqDzCarv2b15kI_37n8_f8oXkEm4CNqg_X-e8Yw8qXuVUe_8Ck8MxIcRxmz8zvAa1lpZLufKK131yFr2KztSQJLJQ6-IfBDj2ojgG7ElAkREdZpH7Vrkb-IjI-M5fvdZnX0MPu/s1600/All+in+for+Duchenne+Flyer.2.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2O_HV4PKqDzCarv2b15kI_37n8_f8oXkEm4CNqg_X-e8Yw8qXuVUe_8Ck8MxIcRxmz8zvAa1lpZLufKK131yFr2KztSQJLJQ6-IfBDj2ojgG7ElAkREdZpH7Vrkb-IjI-M5fvdZnX0MPu/s640/All+in+for+Duchenne+Flyer.2.jpg.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-82619855373296511712014-09-03T04:15:00.001-07:002014-09-03T04:15:54.237-07:00All in for Duchenne 2014 - Get your tickets now!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkrV6cTI_FRRQuJzZJO-__jMTknHus9ad0pgQ8utM8XUxhQ_QqOuxarZ6fZJc-TdIYvX68WwGQ1UfItm5U9Yk8LEe1NhssXoG6lMwzZsHpSdD3F08nKVriVzaUURLrpHysjlSDGkT1HsM/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkrV6cTI_FRRQuJzZJO-__jMTknHus9ad0pgQ8utM8XUxhQ_QqOuxarZ6fZJc-TdIYvX68WwGQ1UfItm5U9Yk8LEe1NhssXoG6lMwzZsHpSdD3F08nKVriVzaUURLrpHysjlSDGkT1HsM/s1600/Capture.PNG" height="320" width="247" /></a></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-68164051159655680752014-08-27T11:57:00.001-07:002014-08-27T12:08:24.516-07:00All in for Duchenne 2014 - Tickets on Sale now<span id="goog_1785314577"></span><span id="goog_1785314578"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-80785367532605513302014-06-09T07:54:00.002-07:002014-06-09T07:54:48.327-07:00Our New Emblem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-URwrSHolq-I6BkZWur6Lb2UaxMR_GnsoirLoiJH_r9yVH7CPfmKBzzE6_lmcvJJYUgM5-5xvffNT62NvSKuz8lSNyazUHdGEftzAV4zR_F8zfel1JIQKoI9kHeuC20XPDIFvafeP71sF/s1600/Braedans+Bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-URwrSHolq-I6BkZWur6Lb2UaxMR_GnsoirLoiJH_r9yVH7CPfmKBzzE6_lmcvJJYUgM5-5xvffNT62NvSKuz8lSNyazUHdGEftzAV4zR_F8zfel1JIQKoI9kHeuC20XPDIFvafeP71sF/s1600/Braedans+Bridge.jpg" height="111" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-28405291856196094272013-10-02T13:52:00.000-07:002013-10-02T13:52:03.654-07:00Pictures from our "All in for Duchenne" event! It was a wonderful night with wonderful people!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhNKD7s6EIUHxwa9Upu_JDWRG1OZhPmygPVI06SQb0MjAh4eaaiL_aSsrGNgE32jJsce3n9PW7ELcNqCWLUuRzFRqDRx_PLYuZkmWX-iJThAz0ZrnhnpVQrKUZ9gxNPMkjsu1S9-srCAr/s1600/Setting.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_lm_933099="null" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhNKD7s6EIUHxwa9Upu_JDWRG1OZhPmygPVI06SQb0MjAh4eaaiL_aSsrGNgE32jJsce3n9PW7ELcNqCWLUuRzFRqDRx_PLYuZkmWX-iJThAz0ZrnhnpVQrKUZ9gxNPMkjsu1S9-srCAr/s320/Setting.bmp" width="320" xsa="true" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyfZ5zW7hGASUCUjQe1ztxye3guVTuhm82FJtMooEhteIErizktC235fEeovMJR81wtMdaTJ67MYpgvGWXP1n-Pp80yWuuTznupk2yYxQSUUtd8xQMKN6kj0ZbnfsjKHBRhQy4f1iIco4/s1600/Crowd.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_lm_933099="null" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyfZ5zW7hGASUCUjQe1ztxye3guVTuhm82FJtMooEhteIErizktC235fEeovMJR81wtMdaTJ67MYpgvGWXP1n-Pp80yWuuTznupk2yYxQSUUtd8xQMKN6kj0ZbnfsjKHBRhQy4f1iIco4/s320/Crowd.bmp" width="320" xsa="true" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8WHtPu-64tHuiYKcm_eDeUPb5WlKPcZvbuHA9VzJrNpE0YrUtOpeVH-JJYVl6tZwFqN7BnJjdp_d_MNnoyxN5sslIh4MGh_KBv9TLTrYC5DFZwe7MWxpGpCyPGi-IujQlpqcpCbP-4tS/s1600/Me+and+PPMD.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_lm_933099="null" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8WHtPu-64tHuiYKcm_eDeUPb5WlKPcZvbuHA9VzJrNpE0YrUtOpeVH-JJYVl6tZwFqN7BnJjdp_d_MNnoyxN5sslIh4MGh_KBv9TLTrYC5DFZwe7MWxpGpCyPGi-IujQlpqcpCbP-4tS/s320/Me+and+PPMD.bmp" width="320" xsa="true" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9zQ7NklqYp-wdlQCKpMIDi0Nwu73Ns8kHiWyF4LduECDYqyZy6q_tCrZPlOKdY7xrxCIkJQdlOU7Xx1fvK1vAgVl7qgzBN0iAYvYvJAHRc4Ljq7X646etuP3pZH_EKQf5D_AjIHrQFDA/s1600/Tom+and+his+Nurse.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_lm_933099="null" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9zQ7NklqYp-wdlQCKpMIDi0Nwu73Ns8kHiWyF4LduECDYqyZy6q_tCrZPlOKdY7xrxCIkJQdlOU7Xx1fvK1vAgVl7qgzBN0iAYvYvJAHRc4Ljq7X646etuP3pZH_EKQf5D_AjIHrQFDA/s320/Tom+and+his+Nurse.bmp" width="239" xsa="true" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHO4vvgdjdQTTjVaozf5gMlmgaoIRRtMpDD8e8W9vTxuaT5cXVIcOsBhpSDHsqr6BZ_fHxZ9hoiEcQvco3rf4auS1M5lEr0ujDeqkVdyJzZh_uKEBDX8Y-w65RKNivmJ-IsBSVzURhX10S/s1600/Guests.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_lm_933099="null" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHO4vvgdjdQTTjVaozf5gMlmgaoIRRtMpDD8e8W9vTxuaT5cXVIcOsBhpSDHsqr6BZ_fHxZ9hoiEcQvco3rf4auS1M5lEr0ujDeqkVdyJzZh_uKEBDX8Y-w65RKNivmJ-IsBSVzURhX10S/s320/Guests.bmp" width="320" xsa="true" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2XSUJZGagOJttVkabGTQkBITF8aWGnkgTrpTdpKbuDTssvEr_EPljCtLQATryo35qTnBYUgBoAUMqUAC9VAXVg5R3mQCbcHoyEwjIuP8zuccQDXcnUPJli6wGBFt-Om_0j4zy-C0WSAn/s1600/Coll+Family.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_lm_933099="null" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2XSUJZGagOJttVkabGTQkBITF8aWGnkgTrpTdpKbuDTssvEr_EPljCtLQATryo35qTnBYUgBoAUMqUAC9VAXVg5R3mQCbcHoyEwjIuP8zuccQDXcnUPJli6wGBFt-Om_0j4zy-C0WSAn/s320/Coll+Family.bmp" width="180" xsa="true" /></a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-33227191151419147602013-07-29T09:54:00.001-07:002013-07-29T09:54:12.805-07:00<br />
<div class="WordSection1">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Ravie; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">“<span style="color: red;">A</span>l<span style="color: red;">l </span>i<span style="color: red;">n </span>f<span style="color: red;">o</span>r<span style="color: red;"> D</span>u<span style="color: red;">c</span>h<span style="color: red;">e</span>n<span style="color: red;">n</span>e<span style="color: red;">” <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dinner / Reverse Raffle to Benefit <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 26pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When: Saturday, September 7, 2013 6pm-11pm <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where: Sylvania Tam-O-Shanter<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Raffle Tickets are being sold at $100.00 per couple<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ticket price includes the following:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span></b><div class="WordSection2">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Admission to the event<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dinner by Jeds Barbeque and Brew<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Drinks for the Night<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Soda, Beer & Wine)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">T-Shirt from the Non-Profit Organizations we are sponsoring<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(Limited, first come first serve)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chance to win $4,000, $1,000 & $500.00 in the Reverse Raffle<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*While attending the night, please take a chance at the “Texas Hold Em” table, <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Black Jack table or the other games that we will be going on that night.*<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Auction Items / Raffle Items<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">100% of All Proceeds will go towards <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research and Trials<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For further Information contact Tammy Henegar at 419-260-2687 / thenegar2000@hotmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-72600472872563956932012-08-28T06:34:00.006-07:002012-08-28T06:34:48.469-07:00"Coach to Cure MD: for Parent Project Muscular D\ystrophy<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Okay Clay Eagle And Whitmer Panther Fans!!!!"</span> </span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
We are set to have the 2012 Coach to Cure MD event again this year at Eagle Stadium. <br />
It is Friday, Septemeber 28th. If you are interested in volunteering to help us out this year, please contact me. This is a great event that we were involved in last year for Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. They are one of the leading forces out there to help find a cure for Duchenne. More details to come soon... For now, we are looking for donations for our raffles and help in getting the word out to the communities to make this year a HUGE success and one more step forward to finding a cure for our boys. <br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Watch this video attached below to learn more on Coach to Cure MD.</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XPvmYi43T4&feature=share&list=UU1YVq-XQ8FA3-ONbi7QScHg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XPvmYi43T4&feature=share&list=UU1YVq-XQ8FA3-ONbi7QScHg</a><br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;">ONE DAY, TWO TEAMS, </span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;">YOUR VOICE,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;">CURE DUCHENNE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">PLEASE SUPPORT THE CLAY EAGLES IN <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">“COACH TO CURE MD”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">GAME DAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">GAME TIME: 7:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T-shirts, Arm Band Sales,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Raffle Items </span></span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Coach To Cure MD is a partnership between the </span></b><a href="http://www.afca.com/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #3db7ce;">American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, a professional organization for over 10,000 college football coaches and staff, and </span></b><a href="http://www.parentprojectmd.org/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #3db7ce;">Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD)</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, the largest national charity devoted exclusively to Duchenne muscular dystrophy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In 2008 the AFCA adopted PPMD’s Coach To Cure MD program as one of their charity efforts. One reason the AFCA was drawn to Coach To Cure MD was because of the unique parallels between </span></b><a href="http://www.parentprojectmd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=CTCMD_cause"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #3db7ce;">Duchenne</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, a disorder which robs young men of precious muscle strength and college football, a game where young men are at the peak of their muscle strength.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">GOALS OF COACH FOR THE CURE ARE SIMPLE:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 6.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Raise national awareness of the disorder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 6.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Raise money to fund research for a cure<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Learn more about Coach to Cure MD at </span></b><a href="http://coachtocuremd.org/"><span style="font-family: 'Helv','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;">http://coachtocuremd.org/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helv','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 6.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 6.75pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ABOUT PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 22.5pt 7.5pt 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) is the largest nonprofit organization in the United States focused entirely on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 22.5pt 7.5pt 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Since 1994, PPMD has improved the treatment, quality of life, and long-term outlook for all individuals affected by Duchenne through research, advocacy, education, and compassion. Because of our efforts, families affected by Duchenne have better access to state-of-the-art care information, research is moving forward at an accelerated pace, and legislation now exists funding Duchenne research and outreach programs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 22.5pt 7.5pt 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We take a comprehensive approach in the fight against Duchenne—funding research, raising awareness, promoting advocacy, connecting the community, and broadening treatment options. Only this comprehensive approach will lead to the day that 100% of those diagnosed can turn to a treatment that will lead to the end of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 22.5pt 7.5pt 0pt 0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Learn more at </span></b><a href="http://www.parentprojectmd.org/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #3db7ce;">ParentProjectMD.org</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #484848; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrxvij9ojR-aWt4_hquH_auKPMhGGyKBLUJBPt_GLNmQPrmt2snvMgjzfUZYQOLzXarRpTi3ZzWmU6s4oNEFtv2fvJLGRQR5-Sv-MFMljGdX1rp4mPpFmeSSgrqdReZzE1ugeK-v9OsuJV/s1600/Clay_Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrxvij9ojR-aWt4_hquH_auKPMhGGyKBLUJBPt_GLNmQPrmt2snvMgjzfUZYQOLzXarRpTi3ZzWmU6s4oNEFtv2fvJLGRQR5-Sv-MFMljGdX1rp4mPpFmeSSgrqdReZzE1ugeK-v9OsuJV/s200/Clay_Logo.png" width="178" /></a></div>
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<br /></div>
<div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvlh3GsubiWCjLUA9QaJhD6clxWIzWXUXaKLP1WL3Nyvvk4gETYg1VroY-a0cAcNV3yvU18HaIGWun2e-YkKI09LMt5o-9eeNq-Q7x1SV4-oZo8YHuf8FuMKImDCfFFlL2OCnFNQTEo2R/s1600/Logo.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvlh3GsubiWCjLUA9QaJhD6clxWIzWXUXaKLP1WL3Nyvvk4gETYg1VroY-a0cAcNV3yvU18HaIGWun2e-YkKI09LMt5o-9eeNq-Q7x1SV4-oZo8YHuf8FuMKImDCfFFlL2OCnFNQTEo2R/s320/Logo.bmp" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw5xkuQAP6W1WLlVdZWGAUd8N_xjWVEF2klfyeVGXgrA-UsaL9SafnW6gsGnhFzRGfUwk_OH3ueQ6AueYrGk7VIrhM9PAZCowe6sHdLO4xQVMU_cuImaYcutWDV6E0BqDb0kfzZRdZTXZ/s1600/Whitmer.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" fea="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw5xkuQAP6W1WLlVdZWGAUd8N_xjWVEF2klfyeVGXgrA-UsaL9SafnW6gsGnhFzRGfUwk_OH3ueQ6AueYrGk7VIrhM9PAZCowe6sHdLO4xQVMU_cuImaYcutWDV6E0BqDb0kfzZRdZTXZ/s320/Whitmer.bmp" width="284" /></a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-26883908948714145792012-08-17T13:38:00.002-07:002012-08-17T13:38:26.982-07:00Lia Sophia for Braedans Bridge<span itemprop="description"></span><br />
<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">
Abby Teet and I are working for a FUN, EASY, and FASHIONABLE way to raise money to End Duchenne in honor of Braedan's Brdige.<br /><br />I will be hosting a Lia Sophia showcase at my house Thursday September 20th at 6:00 pm. All profit from the party will be donated right to Braedan's Bridge. Thanks Abby Teet!!! Not only will you be able to get something stunning for yourself, but you will be helping incredible little boys as well! <br /><br />For those of you who are not able to make it to the party, but would still like to support the cause, </div>
<div class="text_exposed_show" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">
here if how you can do it:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.liasophia.com/abbyteet" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.liasophia.com/abbyteet</a><br />click on browse jewelry<br />enter hostess: Tammy Henegar<br />and shop away!<br /><br />There is also an incredible special as well, so feel free to SAVE money! :)<br />It is the PICK 6 SPECIAL: When you pick out 6 items, you can take ANY 4 of them and make the 50% off! So, be a smart shopper and make your highest priced items your half off items!!!<br /><br />If you would like a personal catalog, please message me with your name, number, and address and I will get one in the mail to you asap! E-mail is <a href="mailto:abbyteet11@yahoo.com">abbyteet11@yahoo.com</a>, or find me on Facebook under Braedans Bridge. <br /><br />LETS RAISE SOME MONEY LADIES and Cure Duchenne!!!!</div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMR1iCQAkhDY5WBepnyCSVSA6K9M1FQyW178tlUadTrSXXX0hz-QpdGaXMT0AKqtxH8A6V1qZPZVtfoT_7QPTesen1J7Ah48kJp94_D7D0wqZ0_8HNZ3V2C866ebcX8DUSy-l3ArxaB-98/s1600/Lia+Sophia.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMR1iCQAkhDY5WBepnyCSVSA6K9M1FQyW178tlUadTrSXXX0hz-QpdGaXMT0AKqtxH8A6V1qZPZVtfoT_7QPTesen1J7Ah48kJp94_D7D0wqZ0_8HNZ3V2C866ebcX8DUSy-l3ArxaB-98/s400/Lia+Sophia.bmp" width="133" /></a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-84601451214000224252012-08-17T13:28:00.001-07:002012-08-17T13:28:52.917-07:00Jett Riders roll in to visit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq0tA9EFFYAiwOEzWdZhEMvGPNlAYpiPD0UmEBGzWrHzrezrXNOlf12AfW44bzGJ7hzAfYu8rMA8aypXgcY3k8sPXbEaaiar2FXADEB037_prCgbrkYgqgZiPIV0fKe2UIBHojZdZ3QO1/s1600/Jett+Ride+2012+068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq0tA9EFFYAiwOEzWdZhEMvGPNlAYpiPD0UmEBGzWrHzrezrXNOlf12AfW44bzGJ7hzAfYu8rMA8aypXgcY3k8sPXbEaaiar2FXADEB037_prCgbrkYgqgZiPIV0fKe2UIBHojZdZ3QO1/s320/Jett+Ride+2012+068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
The Jett Riders, organized by The Jett Foundation ride across the country to raise awareness and funds for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. In this years journey, we had the opportunity to host them at our house for lunch, cooling down in our pond and to just relax. They swam, played King of the Raft, played baseball, and ate. That evening we joined them in Sandusky for some fun at Goofy Golf, Putt Putting and Go-Karting. So much fun!!!! They plan on coming back again next year and camping out for the night in our back yard. They hope to meet more families on our area as well. Read the article below from our local press:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-85033200368174509642012-08-17T13:28:00.000-07:002012-08-17T13:29:19.827-07:00Cure Duchenne Family of the Month August<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" class="content-area"><tbody>
<tr><td valign="top"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxrdSKi1qod5r4JuJPdHseSztgkUhGqG4YgUSf8uBHQ8NrGI0GHdDCkCRkV6roQ3BpOA3urS_ubrOfU8HQBrO2bBgEZ_bpMtI7qa9XpwGnNXPYESwLD7OUBtxJpby3wmD1l4J8Zsz-r08/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxrdSKi1qod5r4JuJPdHseSztgkUhGqG4YgUSf8uBHQ8NrGI0GHdDCkCRkV6roQ3BpOA3urS_ubrOfU8HQBrO2bBgEZ_bpMtI7qa9XpwGnNXPYESwLD7OUBtxJpby3wmD1l4J8Zsz-r08/s1600/untitled.bmp" /></a></div>
<h3>
The Henegar Family</h3>
<div class="caption" style="margin: 0px auto 15px; width: 530px;">
<img alt="Chelsea, Scott, Bradean and Tammy Henegar (left to right)" height="339" src="http://secure3.convio.net/cd/images/content/pagebuilder/page06-henegarfamily.jpg" width="530" /><br />
Chelsea, Scott, Braedan and Tammy Henegar (left to right).</div>
In many ways Braedan Henegar, 6, is a typical first-grade boy. He loves the outdoors, animals and enjoys playing with his family’s four dogs. He is a Sprint Car Racing fan and enjoys going to the track to watch. Braedan is active and likes to swim, ride his bike and play t-ball. <br />
What isn’t so typical is that when Braedan turned 5 he was diagnosed with Duchenne. Now his parents have to balance his natural activeness with a new daily routine that involves living with the disease.<br />
“I want him to be able to be an active boy and experience everything boys like to do, but we always have to be aware of what he is doing and think about if he is being too harsh on his muscles,” said Tammy Henegar, Braedan’s mom. “It is a huge struggle to have the right balance.”<br />
Braedan’s routine has changed. It now includes daily stretches and physical and occupational therapy. The Henegar’s watch what Breadan eats and limit his salt and sugar intake. Rather than going to the neighborhood school he goes to a school that is 15 miles away because it is all on one level.<br />
Braedan knows that his muscles are different than other children. He tires out sooner and his muscles ache. He is starting to ask more questions. <br />
“Right now Braedan is doing really well,” said Henegar. “We will continue to stay up with the latest research and keep him as mobile as long as possible until there is a cure.” <br />
Henegar has been a big supporter of CureDuchenne and other Duchenne organizations. In April, she hosted a parent outreach session for more than 40 people in Perrysburg, Ohio. In July, Braedan participated in the Wooden Bat Tournament in Dayton that benefited CureDuchenne. <br />
Braedan is a huge Clay Matthews fan, even before finding out the connection with CureDuchenne. Matthews, a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, is a CureDuchenne spokesperson. <br />
“Even though we are taking this journey through life that we never thought we would be traveling down, it is bitter sweet,” said Henegar. “We are having new experiences and are meeting wonderful people such as everyone at CureDuchenne, and all the other families we have met and became close too. We’ll continue to work tirelessly to help raise awareness and funds to find a cure.” </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-41337955797994623892012-07-20T08:51:00.001-07:002012-07-20T08:51:02.511-07:00Brick City Blast Baseball Team with our Duchenne Boys Jack, Logan, Braedan and Diego.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtI4gwicAv5vwgfXPyxLGUzm9xTox5f0T7JQIEADiYksKUwcoQ7Avk7NUshDXAMLYbn4YgyTWtAiszqhdc0aAuCEwOywLVGL916qu9N-vSfhhBxmLNAQoAB3ErTyow3cR1rLjPTwMtKtAV/s1600/6-14-12+092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtI4gwicAv5vwgfXPyxLGUzm9xTox5f0T7JQIEADiYksKUwcoQ7Avk7NUshDXAMLYbn4YgyTWtAiszqhdc0aAuCEwOywLVGL916qu9N-vSfhhBxmLNAQoAB3ErTyow3cR1rLjPTwMtKtAV/s640/6-14-12+092.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<br /></div>
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
We literally had a Blast with the Brick City Blast Baseball Team on Saturday, July 14th in Huber Heights, Ohio. Chuck Doran has an amzaing group of boys that took the time out from the Tournament to play baseball with our boys. This is a partnership between them and Cure Duchenne to help raise awareness and help them in their fight to find a cure to Duchenne. See Cure Duchenne's article below on the event:</div>
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<br /></div>
<em><span style="color: blue;">More than 60 baseball teams from around the Ohio tri-state region played in the 3rd annual “Strike Out Duchenne Wooden Bat Tournament” on July 12 through July 15 at the Brick City Sports Club fields in Dayton, Ohio, to raise awareness and funds to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">This tournament hosted a special Duchenne game on July 14 at 4:00 p.m. at the Action Sports Center so boys with Duchenne had the opportunity to play at their own level in a safe and supportive environment. The Brick City Blast players guided Duchenne boys no matter their ability or mobility.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">“We believe every kid should have the chance to play baseball,” said Chuck Doran, president of Brick City Sports Club. “We understand that boys with Duchenne often enjoy baseball but can’t play the game because of weakening muscles so we wanted to provide an opportunity where they can participate based on their ability.”</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">Duchenne boys and the Brick City blast players played baseball inside on a regular baseball field. Jack Wolf, Diego Guzman, Logan Behrend and Braedan Henegar participated in the event. The boys had a great time and enjoyed a cookout and ice cream. The boys received a Strikeout Duchenne t-shirt and a bat.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">“Chuck Doran and the Brick City Blast Crew are an amazing group,” said Tammy Henegar, a Duchenne mom whose son Braedan played in the game. “We literally had a BLAST with them. I love that they offered this to our Duchenne boys and really took to heart what it meant for them to be able to play a sport that is at the hearts of most. I know that my son did not want to stop playing that day.”</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">The “Strike Out Duchenne Wooden Bat Tournament” included 64 teams with baseball players ranging from age 8 to 16. Proceeds of the tournament benefitted CureDuchenne.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">Thanks, Chuck, for organizing the event and supporting CureDuchenne. We look forward to seeing this tournament grow in the future.</span></em><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">Chuck and his team are already gearing up for next year to try to make it bigger for the kids. He would like more families participating and more teams as well. Expect next year to be HUGE!!! Brian Wolfe and myself are working with Chuck to assist him in making some decisions. If you have any suggestions, or know of any contacts... please contact me. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-9687877291479268032012-05-18T08:09:00.002-07:002012-05-18T08:14:49.579-07:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Be sure to visit our Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Table for Braedans Bridge at the Oregon Festival in Oregon, Ohio on Dustin Road on Sunday, May 20th. We will be set up in front of Dunn Chevrolet, where you can enter for a chance to win a Family 4 pack of Mud Hens Tickets!!! </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>We wll be there until 6pm, rain or shine but it looks like it is going to be a BEAUTIFUL day. </em></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKZdmCRy9pr-ksmwu7E90GRYq9tZtLB4k1BI5rkXh2zP99TVlkHUTPLLMLR5qmVXNY9rAKO3wdZM5X2OYOs-WFWmaTcccpQhgdTF3yOLgeolGp6Ses0SPpXXevIpO_XG_S5Ak14xT-VvL/s1600/Oregon+Fest.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKZdmCRy9pr-ksmwu7E90GRYq9tZtLB4k1BI5rkXh2zP99TVlkHUTPLLMLR5qmVXNY9rAKO3wdZM5X2OYOs-WFWmaTcccpQhgdTF3yOLgeolGp6Ses0SPpXXevIpO_XG_S5Ak14xT-VvL/s640/Oregon+Fest.bmp" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACm788_XgLcgY3UVNzgMXgtzT4pkLHfx8g5GeLlmv-_d0im3qEime0Xzyb7C8bzAm3tTMDh4unDhT76vrT_paKTgMJzW8omt2sK4-AeOXKlHxy2D00IkXKESCKLMYty8AOOnJrQb6kVG0/s1600/End+Duchenne.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACm788_XgLcgY3UVNzgMXgtzT4pkLHfx8g5GeLlmv-_d0im3qEime0Xzyb7C8bzAm3tTMDh4unDhT76vrT_paKTgMJzW8omt2sK4-AeOXKlHxy2D00IkXKESCKLMYty8AOOnJrQb6kVG0/s320/End+Duchenne.bmp" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b-FZpwoELs1_xEYArMtkyLJYNXT9Rl1I2W5RJoXQrErYBG3SJTWb-1C9Qxzwm9_5zrC1KfX1qGV7PtevJTu-AMJ2IWS3leI6gvy2vMrmP3DZQ1aelUkYF8TfL7MO_2ELrsk8z_505IDA/s1600/MudHen.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b-FZpwoELs1_xEYArMtkyLJYNXT9Rl1I2W5RJoXQrErYBG3SJTWb-1C9Qxzwm9_5zrC1KfX1qGV7PtevJTu-AMJ2IWS3leI6gvy2vMrmP3DZQ1aelUkYF8TfL7MO_2ELrsk8z_505IDA/s200/MudHen.bmp" width="200" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-86771159052422674162012-05-15T14:07:00.001-07:002012-05-15T14:07:49.863-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">“Join us for the 1<sup>st</sup> Quarterly</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">Duchenne Family Support Meeting”</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">When:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday, June 25<sup>th, </sup>2012</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Time: 6pm-8pm</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Where: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Way Public Library </span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">101 E. Indiana Avenue, Perrysburg, OH 43551</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">RSVP: REGRETS only to </span><a href="mailto:thenegar2000@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">thenegar2000@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="color: red; font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> or 419-260-2687</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">We hope that you can join us for discussions, event planning, and getting to know friends.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Refreshments will be provided courtesy of the MDA.</span><span style="font-family: "Britannic Bold", "sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-73277500386257674282012-05-07T07:22:00.001-07:002012-05-07T07:22:54.298-07:00<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"></span><br />
<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4fa7da00d1eb29d40630493">
Thanks everyone so much for joining in our 2nd Mom to Mom Sale yesterday! We had a tremendous turn out, and made some great connections as well. I hope that everyone had a great time, whether you were a seller, vendor, or shopper. Also, thanks to all that helped make it such a great succes. Thank you to everyone that dontated an item to the raffle and some of you continue to support us every ev<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">ent and we want you to know how appreciative we really are for your continued support. To all my bakers out there that helped in our bake sale, which was a big and tasty hit. You all really out did your self! Thank you to our friends and family for supporting us and helping out to make it all go so smoothly. And most importantly thank you to everyone to continuely support our efforts to spread awareness and raise funds for Duchenne Research. We were able to raise $926.00 at this sale for our fund to "Build our Bridge to End Duchenne." <br />P.S. If anyone is interested in the next Sale or when we are having it please contact Heather Damask, Abby Teet or myelf and we will put you in our contact data base for the future. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-8103941459004095752012-05-01T10:29:00.004-07:002012-05-01T10:33:45.878-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A great explanation of telling your kids about their friend that </span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">has Duchenne.</span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 21pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Going to School with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy</strong></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>By Lisa Littleton</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hey readers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e41c39;">Our names are Andrew and Reece and we are two brothers living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andrew is nine and loves to play video games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reece is seven and enjoys building with Legos.</span></b><span style="color: #e41c39;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We are kids just like you but we are also boys living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.</b> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Duchenne affects mainly boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having Duchenne means our muscles do not make dystrophin like most people’s bodies make to keep muscles working as they should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since our muscles work differently than other kids, we move slower than other boys our age.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;">Everyone has muscles but not everyone gets Duchenne.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_06.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 724.75pt; margin-left: -41.3pt; margin-top: -55.95pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 559.6pt; z-index: 251650560;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_06" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You might be wondering how I got Duchenne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, it is not something you catch from germs like a cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is just something you are born with, like needing to wear glasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not do anything wrong and it is nobody’s fault. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Duchenne does not come from germs, there is no way for my friends to get it from me.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I cannot give you Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Duchenne means my body does not make the dystrophin my muscles need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dystrophin is one of our muscle proteins that keep muscles strong. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best thing I can do to help my muscles is to do an exercise program of daily stretches to keep fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These stretches are very important because they keep my muscles from getting tight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When muscles are tight, they do not move as well, and it makes it harder to walk, run, climb, and play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stretches do not hurt too much and I can even do some by myself.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Doing stretches is just part of my routine like eating lunch or brushing my teeth.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_10.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" style="height: 720.65pt; margin-left: -44.7pt; margin-top: -49.85pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 556.8pt; z-index: 251652608;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_10" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because I have Duchenne, I take medicine to keep my bones strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes when you take medicine you get something called side effects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like you might take medicine for a cold, and even though it makes you feel better, it also makes you sleepy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One side effect of my medicine is gaining extra weight even though I am not eating too much food or food with a lot of sugar and fat in it.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You will notice me eating healthy foods for snack and lunch.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another side effect of my medicine is that I do not grow as much as other children our age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boys with Duchenne move their muscles better when they are short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not like this side effect at all so you can really help me by not teasing me about my height.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">B</span></span><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">oys with Duchenne are shorter than other boys their age.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_14.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" style="height: 738.3pt; margin-left: -55.95pt; margin-top: -42.35pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 570.75pt; z-index: 251654656;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_14" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image009.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My medicine can also cause me to feel angry and grumpy sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I may act differently than I normally do sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I act this way I just need to take a rest for a little while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I get back to being myself.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes I need to take a break to feel better.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you have Duchenne you get tired easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You cannot move as fast as other boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels like having two five pound bags of sugar on your legs each day when you are like me.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes I need to take a rest because my legs are tired.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_18.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_s1032" style="height: 736.8pt; margin-left: -50.15pt; margin-top: -59.35pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 569.05pt; z-index: 251656704;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_18" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image013.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I use rolling backpacks for school because this is better for my muscles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also avoid using stairs and jumping on trampolines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These things are not good for my muscles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why my parents built us a house without many stairs.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I do not use stairs unless I have to and I do not jump on trampolines.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_20.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_s1033" style="height: 742.4pt; margin-left: -54.9pt; margin-top: -59.35pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 573pt; z-index: 251657728;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_20" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image015.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sports are something I love to watch and play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best sport for my muscles is swimming so I try to get in the pool as much as I can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My muscles do not get as tired in the pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to be careful because even though the right amount of exercise is good for my muscles, too much is bad for them.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Swimming is the best exercise for my muscles.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_22.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_11" o:spid="_x0000_s1034" style="height: 728.8pt; margin-left: -44.05pt; margin-top: -59.35pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 562.75pt; z-index: 251658752;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_22" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image017.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Like most kids, I like to play outside at recess and take part in PE class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot run as fast as most kids but I can walk until I get tired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I need to play games like tag differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tag is more fun for me if everyone walks instead of runs.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy does not stop me from doing most anything other kids do. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may see an adult, like an aide or a physical therapist, join me in PE class to help my muscles stay strong and learn how to play games in a way that is safe for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may do something a little differently than you in PE because of my muscles and there may be things I’m not able to do but I still like to feel included.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_24.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_12" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" style="height: 722.7pt; margin-left: -44.05pt; margin-top: -59.35pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 558.1pt; z-index: 251659776;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_24" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image019.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My condition causes me to break my bones more easily than you do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e41c39;">One time, Andrew got tackled by accident and broke his elbow.</span></b><span style="color: #e41c39;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The neighbor felt really bad and apologized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His Mom felt bad too and also called to apologize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really was an accident so we are all still friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just have to be more careful than you might need to be when we play.</b></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e41c39; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now our Mom says we can’t play tackle football anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we do like flag football!</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I hope that someday there will be a cure for Duchenne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cure is when doctors are able to end Duchenne from happening to boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, many important people called researchers are working hard to find a cure each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until then, my family and friends continue to raise money for the research that will find the cure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please do not treat me differently because I have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a kid just like you except that my muscles work differently than yours.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am just a boy with Duchenne but a lot like you in every other way.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" id="_x0000_t202" o:spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"></path></shapetype><shape id="_x0000_s1039" style="height: 297.6pt; margin-left: 24.95pt; margin-top: 14.25pt; position: absolute; width: 426.25pt; z-index: 251664896;" type="#_x0000_t202"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<shape alt="Duchenne Book_Page_30.jpg" id="Picture_x0020_15" o:spid="_x0000_s1038" style="height: 722.7pt; margin-left: -42.7pt; margin-top: -57.3pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 558.05pt; z-index: 251662848;" type="#_x0000_t75"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><imagedata o:title="Duchenne Book_Page_30" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image025.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="square"></wrap></span></shape><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kid’s Quiz on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is dystrophin?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What part of my body works differently than yours?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is a side effect?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can we catch Duchenne from others?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since my muscles work differently than yours, what do I have to do each day?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do stretches hurt?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What type of food should all people eat?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What are some things I should not do?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is the best type of exercise for boys with Duchenne MD?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the best way for me to play tag?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Answers to Kid’s Quiz</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something our bodies make to keep muscles working as they are supposed to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boys with Duchenne have bodies that do not produce dystrophin.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our muscles</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Side effects are other things that happen to your body because of having to take medicine.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stretches</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Healthy Foods</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stairs and trampolines</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Swimming</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is better for us to play tag by walking instead of running.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
</div>
</span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-40081803975972660242012-05-01T10:18:00.000-07:002012-05-01T10:33:45.858-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif";"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Information on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">When you think of Muscular Dystrophy, you probably refer to Jerry’s Kids or the Jerry Lewis Telethon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the only relation we had to it also until, the day that Muscular Dystrophy rocked our world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our son, was only 5 years old, and seemingly remarkably healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only concern that we were having was that he was a toe walker, and as he was <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: red;">growing</span> he was starting to seem a little more clumbsy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did we know, we were about to embark on an adventure that no parent wants to have to travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our son, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is </span></b><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in childhood, affecting approximately 1 in every 3,500 live male births (about 20,000 new cases each year). Because the Duchenne gene is found on the X-chromosome, it primarily affects boys; however, it occurs across all races and cultures. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Duchenne results in progressive loss of strength and is caused by a mutation in the gene that encodes for </span><a href="http://www.parentprojectmd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Understand_about_dystrophin"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">dystrophin</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Because dystrophin is absent, the muscle cells are easily damaged. The progressive muscle weakness leads to serious medical problems, particularly issues relating to the heart and lungs. Young men with Duchenne typically live into their late twenties.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Duchenne can be passed from parent to child, but approximately 35% of cases occur because of a random spontaneous mutation. In other words, it can affect anyone. Although there are medical treatments that may help slow its progression, there is currently no cure for Duchenne. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">What Causes Duchenne?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">One of our largest known genes, </span><a href="http://www.parentprojectmd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Understand_about_dystrophin"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">dystrophin</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></b><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">is an important muscle protein that acts as a kind of glue, holding muscles together by maintaining the structure of muscle cells.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Dystrophin is also believed to carry signals between the inside and outside of muscle fibers. Without dystrophin, muscles are unable to operate properly, and eventually suffer progressive damage.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The dystrophin gene is carried on the X-chromosome. Boys have only one X-chromosome, making them more susceptible to dystrophin damage, as they lack a second X-chromosome to make up for the damaged gene.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When a boy’s body is not able to produce any dystrophin at all, he is diagnosed with Duchenne. In Becker muscular dystrophy, a shortened form of dystrophin is generated.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Duchenne is usually passed from parent to child, but many cases are the result of random spontaneous genetic mutations, which can occur during any pregnancy. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In fact, about one out of every three cases occurs in families with no previous history of Duchenne. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Who Gets Duchenne?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Duchenne <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is not specific to any one group, crossing all cultures and races. What sets this disorder apart from other muscular dystrophies is that it occurs almost exclusively in young men, making it a gender-linked disorder</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Why Boys?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">The </span><a href="http://www.parentprojectmd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Understand_about_dystrophin"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">dystrophin gene</span></b></a><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is carried on the X-chromosome. Young men have one each of the X- and Y-chromosomes, whereas girls have two X-chromosomes. Young men are therefore at greater risk of inheriting disorders caused by damaged genes on the X-chromosome, since they lack a second X-chromosome to “make up” for the damaged gene.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">How Duchenne is Identified</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Newborn screening is able to detect Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but there are still many issues that need to be considered by the National Institutes of </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Health (NIH) before widespread newborn screening will be available.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Observation</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Parents or teachers are often the first to notice the early signs of Duchenne, such as speech delay, enlarged calf muscles, and the inability to keep up with peers.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tests/screens</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There are reliable tests to help doctors diagnose a boy with Duchenne. The following tests are typically used to confirm a preliminary diagnosis of Duchenne:</span></div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Creatine Kinase:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Creatine phosphate kinase (also known as CPK or CK) is an enzyme that normally lives inside muscles. Boys with Duchenne often have CK levels 10 to 100 times the normal range. Elevated CK levels indicate muscle damage, although a high CK does not confirm a diagnosis of Duchenne.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Genetic Testing:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> (using blood cells or muscle cells) is the best way to obtain exact genetic information for a conclusive Duchenne diagnosis. The field of genetic testing is rapidly evolving, and there are several types of testing that provide accurate genetic diagnosis.</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Early Phase</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Physical symptoms</span></b></div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The boy will typically move slower or with more difficulty than other children his age.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He may appear clumsy and fall frequently, and have difficulty climbing, jumping, or running.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Because of his muscle weakness, he will become tired more easily, or will have low energy.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He may ask to be carried frequently, or need the use of a stroller for longer distances.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Some of his muscles (in particular his calves) may appear enlarged or overdeveloped. This happens because muscle cells are being replaced by scar tissue.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #231f20; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This process may also result in him being less flexible and having loss of elasticity in the joints (also known as contractures).</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Braedan’s Bridge will invest in research that will impact every boy touched by Duchenne, no matter his age, stage of progression, or mutation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will continue to raise awareness and funds until there is a cure and our boys are safe from this awful disorder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Information gathered for this flyer from Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span></span></u></b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-6417270443972443732012-05-01T10:01:00.002-07:002012-05-01T10:01:47.860-07:002nd Annual Mom to Mom Sale to End Duchenne<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape id="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 228pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 342pt; margin-top: -1in; mso-wrap-edited: f; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 183pt; z-index: -1;" type="#_x0000_t75" wrapcoords="-88 0 -88 21457 21600 21457 21600 0 -88 0"><imagedata o:title="157934_318237774899633_1443375519_n" src="file:///C:\Users\THenegar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></imagedata></shape><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">End Duchenne-Mom to Mom Sale</span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Children’s clothing, toy and equipment Sale</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Please join us for another Mom to Mom Sale! </span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There will be lots of tables filled with gently used clothes, toys, equipment, etc. for children of all ages! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There will also be several raffle items up for grabs, with tickets only $1 each and a Bake Sale as well.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Date</span></u></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">: Sunday May 6<sup>th</sup>, 2012</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Time</span></u></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">: 11:00am – 3:00pm</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Location</span></u></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">: Bayside Boardwalk</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2759 Seaman Road, Oregon, OH 43616</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Entry fee</u></b>: is $1 donation for adults, children are FREE! Admission also gets you a free raffle ticket!</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-line-height-alt: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">All profit will be given to the charity Braedan's Bridge in support of </span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">Duchenne is the most common, aggressive and lethal form of MD that effects 1 in every 3,500 boys today. There is no cure.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">(We will also be accepting donations of clothing, toys, equipment as well.)</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Contact Heather Damask @ heatherdamask@gmail.com </span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if you have any questions at 567-277-5568.</span></span><span style="font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547576888091301781.post-36968237073034137852012-05-01T09:58:00.000-07:002012-05-01T10:42:05.411-07:00Braedans Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPVLYyBjd0ljGCl2-06DzHnpnhMvnGM0w74Mf4iDfFaViSWduFrz3lAQ1bjBPKEM34WmR-0jkH9DPMv9xUz_2_cKHjO5KdbSwByQozILBUtspe6oI2gG6s8hNa_XmTFunSmVCegozDa3_/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPVLYyBjd0ljGCl2-06DzHnpnhMvnGM0w74Mf4iDfFaViSWduFrz3lAQ1bjBPKEM34WmR-0jkH9DPMv9xUz_2_cKHjO5KdbSwByQozILBUtspe6oI2gG6s8hNa_XmTFunSmVCegozDa3_/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Braedans Bridge"</span></h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><em>Help us build a bridge to End Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.</em></strong></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 12.75pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" style="text-align: center;" vspace="0"><tbody>
<tr><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 9pt; padding-right: 9pt; padding-top: 0in; text-align: left;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 12.75pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Braedan is so full of life. </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 12.75pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">No one would ever know that his muscles are slowly wasting away.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 12.75pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 12.75pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" style="text-align: center;" vspace="0"><tbody>
<tr><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #f0f0f0; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 9pt; padding-right: 9pt; padding-top: 0in; text-align: left;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 12.75pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">While there has been progress fighting Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a cure is still so far away. </span></b></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please continue to give our boys a chance for a lifetime</span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When Duchenne became a part of our life: </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We live in Lucas County, Ohio. The sweet little boy that you see here is our son, Braedan is six years old, and all boy through-in-through. He loves being outside, getting dirty and playing with trucks and cars. He is so full of life that one would never know that his muscles are slowly wasting away every day. You see, when Braedan was born everything appeared normal. But as he started walking we noticed that he had a tendency to walk on his tip-toes. As he got older he became clumsy. We still were not all too concerned as children often outgrow such stages. Little did we know we were about to embark on a journey that no parent would ever want to experience. Our son was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Our reaction to the news: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we received this diagnoses, we had no idea what DMD was. The only association that we had with Muscular Dystrophy at all was The Jerry Lewis Telethon. The prognosis was devastating. We were told that DMD genetically runs in families, however, there is no trace of it in our family. This is one of the horrific realities of this disease. DMD can happen to any baby boy, anywhere in the world and at anytime. 40% of Duchenne cases are spontaneous as is the case with us.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Duchenne’s cruel prognosis:</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We also learned that DMD occurs in one out of every 3,500 male births worldwide. It is the most common, aggressive and lethal form of Muscular Dystrophy. It is the leading genetically transmitted killer of children. There are no survivors. </span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Boys like Braedan are in wheelchairs during the middle school years and become quadriplegic in their late teens. All muscles in the body, including the heart and lungs, literally waste away irreversibly. Their life span is shortened to only two to three decades.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why we need help from you:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">The Duchenne community needs your help to spread awareness of this disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need your help with involvement in donating when you are able.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research has come a long way over the years, but we are still so far away from a cure. And a cure can not come soon enough for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cannot afford to lose momentum for time is of essence. Please support Braedan and boys like him by backing our requests for help. Please continue to give our boys a chance for a lifetime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Thank you,</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Scott and Tammy Henegar</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Braedans Bridge Inc.</span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Contact us at <a href="mailto:braedansbridge@live.com">braedansbridge@live.com</a></span></span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Toledo, OH, USA41.6639383 -83.55521241.5690403 -83.7131405 41.7588363 -83.3972835