Fundraising

There are several options for donating to nemaline myopathy(NM). The NM Foundation primarily raises funds towards medical research. Whereas the NM Support Group raises money towards organising NM meetings and helping families attend them. It is hoped eventually the NMSG will be able to help pay for equipment families cannot afford or get funding from other sources. Both these organisations are solely for nemaline myopathy. Some other charities (below) raise funds for a wide range of neuromuscular disorders. Research into other dystrophies and myopathies will also have some mutual benefits for NM. Please email me if you would like more advice or help in organising an event such as those below. Other ideas to be added are always welcome.

Friends and family.
Use your Facebook, MySpace etc. to spread the word. (Join the Nemaline Myopathy Global Awareness group on Facebook.)

Online purchasing.
Recommend our link to Amazon on the Homepage. NMSG gets a small commission for each purchase made through this link.
Don't worry about being linked to Amazon UK. You can click on your own nearest countries link at the top or bottom of Amazon's page.

Make a coin collection tin.
See the info sheet to wrap around the tin. This page will print out in portrait format. Email me for a Word file that can print out in landscape.

Men's leg, chest or back waxing.
Or shave someone's head for a donation.

Car pulling race.
Teams line up to pull identical vehicles along a measured length. (Contact your local car dealer?)

Car, truck or bus pushing.
Get a team of family and/or friends and push a vehicle round a track as many times as possible in a set time (20, 30, 45 minutes).
Ask people to sponsor your team per lap.

Guess the Teddy Bears birthday.
Buy a good quality Teddy Bear and a calendar/diary. Choose a date and write it on a card sealed in an envelope.
Ask people to enter their name and email or phone no. on a chosen date. Once the calendar/diary is full, you reveal the winning date.
The winner gets the Teddy Bear.

Guess the number of sweets in a jar.
Smilar to above. The winner gets toothache!

Raffle prizes donated by shops, businesses, friends.
Display your prizes on a table at work or list them on a laminated page to show round.

Quiz sheet.
Everyone likes to do quizzes and see how clever they are. Let's create a quiz sheet to sell to people for 50cents, 50pence.

UK
Raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign just by searching the web!
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign can now benefit from www.everyclick.com, an internet search engine with a big difference - it donates half its revenues to charity. Simply visit www.everyclick.com and select Muscular Dystrophy Campaign to support the charity. It does not cost us, or you, a penny so please make www.everyclick.com your homepage and use it whenever you search the web!

Muscular Dystrophy websites

UK Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation	USA http://www.mdausa.org/	Australia .	Singapore http://www.mdas.org.sg/index.html
Ireland http://www.mdi.ie/index.html	Canada http://www.mdac.ca/	.	South Africa http://www.mdsa.org.za/index.htm