Dear
Friends,
I am writing
you on behalf of my niece Talia. Talia
is an amazing young woman. She is twenty
years old and a student at the University of Oregon. She wants to study film in
graduate school. She is warm, beautiful,
funny, vibrant and loving young lady, who I love dearly. At the age of 14 she
was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes. She has been living with this horrible
disease for almost six years.
It's been a
hard road for Talia with every day holding some new challenge to staying
healthy and safe. As she continues to struggle with diabetes, one of the major
life-threatening challenges in her day to day care is the side effect of her
body not being able to detect when her blood glucose level is rapidly rising or
dropping. Unfortunately, there aren't many treatment options for this and the
ones that do exist are very expensive. The only one that exists for her is a
diabetic alert dog. A "DAD" is a very special service dog that would
smell the chemical changes in her blood and alert her to a high or low blood
glucose level up to thirty minutes before it happens. This dog could save her
life. Talia has started a fundraising campaign on http://Indiegogo.com
in the hopes of one day soon being able to adopt one of these amazing dogs. As of today she is half way to her financial
goal of $20,000, the cost to adopt and train a DAD.
I'm coming
to you today to ask for your support of Talia's campaign. You can help in two
ways. First, you can donate - any amount helps. Just click this link: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/diabetic-needs-a-service-dog/x/6300187
and it will take you straight to her fundraising campaign page at Indiegogo.com
http://Indiegogo.com. You can read all about
her experience, the campaign, and what goes into raising and training a
diabetic alert dog. Second, you can share her campaign with literally anybody.
E-mail, word of mouth, facebook, twitter, anyway you want!
Much love to
all of you. And thank you in advance for your support.
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