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Our Team Needs Your Support for Step Up for Stroke! This June, we're participating in March of Dimes Canada's Step Up for Stroke fundraiser, and we need YOUR help to make a real impact! We're raising money for the After Stroke program, which provides crucial support to stroke survivors and their families. Our team created a recipe book with 89 recipes. Donate now and receive an electronic copy of our cookbook! Here's how YOU can be a part of our team's success: ✅ Donate to our team page: Link below ✅ Every contribution, big or small, helps stroke survivors regain independence. Want to get even more involved? Share our team page with your network and spread the word! Together, let's Step Up for Stroke and help survivors thrive! #StepUpForStroke #MarchofDimesCanada #StrokeRecovery

Our Team Needs Your Support for Step Up for Stroke! This June, we're participating in March of Dimes Canada's Step Up for Stroke fundraiser, and we need YOUR help to make a real impact! We're raising money for the After Stroke program, which provides crucial support to stroke survivors and their families. Our team created a recipe book with 89 recipes. Donate now and receive an electronic copy of our cookbook! Here's how YOU can be a part of our team's success: ✅ Donate to our team page: Link below ✅ Every contribution, big or small, helps stroke survivors regain independence. Want to get even more involved? Share our team page with your network and spread the word! Together, let's Step Up for Stroke and help survivors thrive! #StepUpForStroke #MarchofDimesCanada #StrokeRecovery

Though there may not be a cure, there is hope! In May, we recognize ALS Awareness Month. ALS is a progressive disease in which a person’s brain loses connection with the muscles, slowly taking away their ability to walk, talk, eat, and eventually breathe. View the link below to find ways to get involved in spreading awareness throughout Pennsylvania! Find ways to help raise awareness for ALS in Pennsylvania:

🌟 Stop What You're Doing and Make a Difference Today! 🌟 Right now, you have the power to change lives. By registering with Salute to Life or contacting us to learn how easy it is to host a DoD Level Event, you can make an incredible impact for families in need. Hosting a drive is not only a fulfilling experience for you, but it’s also a beacon of hope for men, women, and children waiting for their life-saving match. Imagine being the reason a family like Baby Milena’s can finally find relief from the stress and heartache of battling a rare blood disease like Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. Here’s how you can help: Register with Salute to Life: It takes just a few minutes to become a potential bone marrow donor. Host a Drive: Contact us to see how easy it is to organize a DoD Level Event. We’ll guide you every step of the way. Your involvement can bring hope, healing, and independence to families facing incredible challenges. Don’t wait—take action now and be a hero in someone’s life. Let’s come together to support our fellow men, women, and children. Your simple act of kindness can make all the difference. #SaluteToLife #BoneMarrowDonor #HostADrive #LifeSavingHeroes #CommunitySupport #HopeAndHealing

May 1st marks the first day of #ALSAwarenessMonth. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing the brain to lose connection with muscles. As the disease progresses, a person will lose the ability to walk, talk, eat, and eventually breathe. There is currently no cure for ALS. You can learn more about #ALS from The ALS Association at https://lnkd.in/gz-W9kcd #ALSMonth #LouGehrigsDisease #Accessibility #ALSAwareness

The premature passing of rugby legend Rob Burrow as a consequence of motor neuron disease, one of far too many rare and not-so-rare incurable illnesses, is a reminder of how much remains to be done therapeutically to provide all people the chance at a reasonable quality and duration of life.  Millions of people still suffer from incurable illnesses, many of which strike young.  Though most are not so well-known, each of these individuals’ lives, joy, and aspirations are needlessly cut short, and the misfortune sends irreversible shock waves through every one of their families and social networks.  The urgency to address this need and the opportunity to have a transformative impact motivate me every day in the work that I do.  Through effective use of data, I know we can collectively break through barriers in novel ways to reveal the secrets of these afflictions and develop effective therapies to renew the opportunity of life for the millions of people who are waiting. Not only can we, we must. More information about motor neuron disease and donations being accepted at: https://lnkd.in/dKhPuz2p  https://lnkd.in/d3vkrnwK

One of the largest concerns some have with the Israel-Hamas war is how to help children in Gaza. We all care about these children, but know Hamas steals humanitarian aid sent to Gaza and uses it for terrorism. Including donations sent from people in other countries trying to help children. I've been ruminating on this issue because like any other ethical person, I think it's great to help save children. But (also like any other ethical person) I think it's not great to financially support terrorists. I just heard about an excellent nonprofit operating out of Israel, which provides pediatric cardiac care to a large number of children from Gaza. Bonus, their donations don't get stolen by Hamas! From their website: "Approximately 50% of the children are from the Palestinian Authority and Gaza, Iraq, and Morocco, more than 40% are from Africa, and the remainder are from Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Americas." They also provide training to Palestinian doctors and doctors from various other places where appropriate pediatric cardiac care is scarce (or non-existent). If you want to help children in Gaza without worrying your money ends up in Hamas' hands, donate to Save a Child's Heart here: https://lnkd.in/ezzfvadj

Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day (@fentanylawarenessday). National Fentanyl Awareness Day is a day of action where hundreds of businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government offices work together to ensure Americans understand the risks of fentanyl, educate their families and friends, and learn how they can take steps to prevent overdose deaths. Last year, over 70,000 Americans fatally overdosed on illegally made fentanyl — nearly 200 deaths every day. Fentanyl is found in many common street drugs, yet users are often unaware that their drug contains the potent opioid. Fentanyl is 50X stronger than heroin and present in many illegal pills and powders teens might come across. Most kids don’t understand the dangers of fentanyl. This is an urgent public health crisis that puts all of us, and our loved ones, at risk. And we all can play a role in preventing future tragedies. What You Can Do: - Host a film screening of The New Drug Talk - Train your community on how to recognize & respond to an overdose - Help people learn how to get their own supply of naloxone - Post key facts on social media using the hashtag #NationalFentanylAwarenessDay - Provide financial or in-kind support to National Fentanyl Awareness Day - Talk to your children about their mental health and the risks of encountering illicitly manufactured fentanyl Spread the word with us and find more resources at https:// https://lnkd.in/gayjNRX8. . . . #NationalFentanylAwarenessDay #JustSayKNOW #NoRandomPills #PublicHealthCrisis #RaiseAwareness#standagainstfentanyl#Drugmisuse#Harmreduction#fentanylcrisis

Give STL Day Power Hours: What are Power Hours? During Give STL Day, there will be Power Hours every three hours, starting at 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. During a Power Hour, every nonprofit that receives a donation during that hour will get a boost of money equally distributed. How Much Money? During the 9 a.m. and noon Power Hours, $30,000 will be equally distributed to all nonprofits who received a donation during those hours. During the 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Power Hours, $20,000 will be equally distributed to all nonprofits who received a donation during those hours. https://lnkd.in/gkiStk-g

END THE STIGMA 📣 World Leprosy Day, observed on the last Sunday of January, focuses on a condition that still faces shame and misinformation, despite being curable. Here’s how you can help make a meaningful difference to those battling this disease: ☑️ Educate yourself about leprosy and its effects. ☑️ Donate to organizations focused on leprosy awareness, treatment and research. ☑️ Engage in awareness events or webinars. ☑️ Share key facts and your support with your social media network. ☑️ Speak up to challenge leprosy-related stigma. At 95 Greene, we're committed to supporting efforts to further leprosy treatments, awareness, and promoting health education. 🔬🧬 Thor Equities Group | SGA (Boston | New York) | McNamara • Salvia, Structural Engineers | Vanderweil Engineers | Sweet Group LLC | JLL | Blake Goodman #95GreeneSt #NJRealEstate #LifeSciences #EndStigma #HealthForAll