Rishi and Mitali Dave's Fundraising Page
Page Creator: Mitali Dave
Event: Cure JM National Educational Event Austin Marathon & Half Marathon
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About my nonprofit:
Cure JM Foundation
Juvenile Myositis (JM) is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks its own cells and tissues. For many children with JM, it's a challenge to simply stand up or sit down. This rare...
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Fundraising target: $10,000
So far I have raised: $8,958.00
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My personal message:

A year ago, we learned our older daughter, Shona, had juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare auto-immune disease that affects just 3 children in a million.  We were incredibly fortunate that her disease was diagnosed early, and we are grateful that she is continuing to improve.

Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease, and since it is so rare, there is virtually no financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to find a cure. 

Over the past 3 years, Cure JM Foundation has raised over $700,000.  This has helped fund the research of one of Shona's doctors, Dr. Lauren Pachman of Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital.  We hope to help Cure JM Foundation continue to support Dr. Pachman and her research until they find a cure.

So, we ask you, our friends and family, to please help us raise funds by sponsoring us in the Austin Half Marathon taking place on Valentine's Day 2010.   You may either donate online using the link above or you may mail us a check made out to Cure JM Foundation.

We also encourage runners to register to run with us on the Cure JM team at www.firstgiving.com/curejm.  (Mitali will need some moral support!)


Online Sponsors to date:
Display Name Date  Comment
Darshana & Yogesh Shah Family 11/19/2009 Best Wishes For Loving Shona & Good Luck to Entire Dave Family and our Dear Friend Lopa........ 
Ben and Anamarie Franc 11/19/2009 Happy Birthday Shona! Good luck Mitali. 
Dana & Howard Bloom 11/18/2009 Happy birthday to Shona and good luck with the run, Mitali and Rishi! 
Anjli and Manaswi Sharma 11/18/2009 Best wishes - for the race to the cure. 
Miriam and Shawn Wrobel 11/18/2009 Happy Birthday Shona 
Ananya, Sapna & Rahul 11/17/2009 Happy Birthday Shona!  
Hiral 11/17/2009 Happy birthday Shona! 
Vinni 11/16/2009 Happy Birthday Shona !! Go Mitali and Rishi Go ! Look forward to seeing you guys at finish line.  
Guhan 11/16/2009  
Preeti Talati 11/16/2009 Lots Of Love to Shona,...from Talati Family 
Rebecca Risher 11/16/2009  
Mansoor, Hannah & Salim 11/15/2009 Happy birthday and good luck with the run! 
Vinay, Deepa, KIshan, & Yasmin 11/13/2009 Happy Bday!!!  
Farah & Rob 11/11/2009 Lots of good luck, health and happiness 
Sandeep Acharya 11/9/2009 Happy birthday to Shona! Zain passed me Mitali's e-mail and I wanted to show support! 
Anne Rossmann 11/9/2009  
Sandeep Anuja and Rishi 11/8/2009 Happy Birthday! 
Zain and Henna Nathani 11/7/2009 Happy Birthday! Lots of Love  
Christina and Chetan Karkhanis 11/6/2009 Happy birthday Shona! Mitali and Rishi... good luck with the race. 
Debika,Ram, and Chitta (Dadu) 11/6/2009 Happy birthday, Shona!  
Salim, Nafysa, and Divya Parpia 11/6/2009 Happy Birthday! Sending best thoughts and energy your way. 
Dave and Grace Yuan 11/5/2009 Happy birthday Shona! Sending you love & best wishes 
Krista Bergeron 11/4/2009 Happy Birthday Shona 
Anonymous 11/3/2009  
Jason, Shelby and Reid Jarjosa 11/3/2009 Happy Bday Shona and good luck with the race. 
Rajen and Sejal Sheth 11/3/2009 All the best with the race, and Happy Birthday, Shona! 
The Liedekers 11/3/2009 Best wishes and Happy Birthday Shona! 
Roopa and Hemanth 11/3/2009 All the best! 
The Lunia family 11/2/2009 good luck on the race. hope to see you soon,  
Aarti and Puneet 11/2/2009 All the best to you guys 
Tracy & Nara 11/2/2009 Good luck! 
Ariya and Sarina Shah 11/2/2009 Happy Birthday Shona and We love you! 
Arun Prakash 11/2/2009  
Vivek and Roshini Nasta 11/2/2009 There will be a cure 
Frank and Kaite Stokes-Guinan 11/2/2009 Sending our most positive thoughts your way. Good luck with the run! 
Chi Nguyen & Dan Abelson 11/1/2009 Happy 5th birthday Shona! Wishing you happiness and health.. 
Katie (Friedman) , Andy, Michael & Jake Solomon 11/1/2009 Sending our thoughts and love to Shona and your family! 
Cheryl and David Frink 10/31/2009 Wishing for success in the run and finding a cure. 
Padma and Anil Gudapati 10/31/2009  
Yesha Barker 10/31/2009 Good luck with the run...your family is in my thoughts. XO 
Anonymous 10/30/2009  
Caven Family 10/30/2009  
Donald Yeh 10/30/2009  
Charmaine & Sudhir 10/30/2009 Good luck! 
Andre Vanier 10/30/2009 Love to you all 
Gina Kim 10/30/2009 Good luck & best wishes! 
Anu Menon and Akash Garg 10/30/2009 Sending our love and best wishes 
The Cameron-Webbs 10/29/2009 Hope it goes well. Hugs to the girls. 
Yael 10/29/2009 Have a great run! 
Tracy 10/29/2009 Good luck on the race, and a hello to your beautiful girls! 
Rini&Jai 10/29/2009  
Pam Yee & Steve Mitroff 10/29/2009 Good luck on the race and hugs to both your beautiful girls! 
Mark Hess 10/29/2009 Have a great race! 
Brian Elieson / Ellen Barth / Leo Elieson 10/29/2009 run fast! 
Anonymous 10/29/2009  
Marco and Laura Petta 10/29/2009 Good luck ! 
Mridul and Sangita Rahman 10/29/2009 Good luck in Marathon and happy birthday to cutie Shona. 
Vicky 10/29/2009 Best of luck at the marathon and more importantly, Happy healthy 5th birthday, Shona!  
Suzanna 10/29/2009  
Kristin Resnansky 10/29/2009 Wishing you the best!  
sundeep ahuja 10/29/2009  
Tabreez, Maria, and Zaydan Verjee 10/29/2009 Wishing all of you the very best! 
Premal Shah 10/28/2009 Best wishes to you both, Shoba and the families battling juvenile myositis 
Yolanda 10/28/2009 Best Wishes 
Neil 10/28/2009 Best wishes 
Laurie Baker & Andy Larson 10/28/2009 Good luck with your fundraising efforts (and the half-marathon)! 
Urja and Harshal Shah 10/28/2009 With all our best wishes 
Jahnavi & Sharma Kunapalli 10/28/2009 All the best 
Vikas and Bhavna Godhania 10/28/2009 good luck!! 
Ben & Tessie Decker 10/28/2009 yes, good luck with the run! 
Komarlas 10/11/2009  
The Barredas 10/11/2009 Good luck with the run! 
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* Total raised online: $5,883.00
Amount raised offline: $3,075.00
Grand Total: $8,958.00
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