Jacob's Cure and the Pepsi Refresh Contest
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Resolve to Do Good in 2011: Vote Daily to Help Jacob's Cure Win $250,000 To Save Children's Lives!
Jacob's Cure will be competing in the Pepsi Refresh contest in January, 2011 to win $250,000. The grant will fund research to save the lives of children with Canavan Disease, but they need your help! Become a campaign leader by following the action steps below and letting them know, and you will receive special recognition on the Jacob's Cure website and Facebook page.
Here's How You Can Help
-Log in and register with your email address, click Vote For This Idea. (You must click the vote button AFTER you log-in.)
- Log in with your facebook account.
- Go to Facebook to register through facebook.
- TEXT 105628 to 73774 (PEPSI)
Please visit Jacob's Cure for the most up-to-date information and to sign up for daily voting reminders!!
In addition, Jacob's Cure is encouraging young voters with a $2,500 scholarship which will go to the person under age 21 who gets the most people to sign up for the daily eblast reminding supporters to vote. The scholarship is contingent on Jacob's Cure winning the $250,000 grant. For more information about the scholarship, click here.
Canavan disease is a rare genetic neurological disorder that affects children at birth. Jacob (age 14) was diagnosed in 1996 at six months of age. Children with Canavan Disease become trapped in their bodies, develop seizures, lose their ability to see and swallow and die in the first decade of life. The research funded by Jacob's Cure since 2000 has slowed or halted the progression of the disease in most of the children who received gene therapy and have begun the recommended treatments. While there is currently no cure, we believe we are closing in on one. The research we are currently funding may very well revolutionize the manner in which "white matter" neurological disease, such as Parkinson's, MS and ALS, are treated and will be a model for their cure.
Jacob's Cure will be competing in the Pepsi Refresh contest in January, 2011 to win $250,000. The grant will fund research to save the lives of children with Canavan Disease, but they need your help! Become a campaign leader by following the action steps below and letting them know, and you will receive special recognition on the Jacob's Cure website and Facebook page.
Here's How You Can Help
-Log in and register with your email address, click Vote For This Idea. (You must click the vote button AFTER you log-in.)
- Log in with your facebook account.
- Go to Facebook to register through facebook.
- TEXT 105628 to 73774 (PEPSI)
Please visit Jacob's Cure for the most up-to-date information and to sign up for daily voting reminders!!
In addition, Jacob's Cure is encouraging young voters with a $2,500 scholarship which will go to the person under age 21 who gets the most people to sign up for the daily eblast reminding supporters to vote. The scholarship is contingent on Jacob's Cure winning the $250,000 grant. For more information about the scholarship, click here.
Canavan disease is a rare genetic neurological disorder that affects children at birth. Jacob (age 14) was diagnosed in 1996 at six months of age. Children with Canavan Disease become trapped in their bodies, develop seizures, lose their ability to see and swallow and die in the first decade of life. The research funded by Jacob's Cure since 2000 has slowed or halted the progression of the disease in most of the children who received gene therapy and have begun the recommended treatments. While there is currently no cure, we believe we are closing in on one. The research we are currently funding may very well revolutionize the manner in which "white matter" neurological disease, such as Parkinson's, MS and ALS, are treated and will be a model for their cure.
