13 Mar 07

IBD Research Enhancement Act introduced in Congress

Some of you know that my son, Josh, was diagnosed on his 3rd birthday with Ulcerative Colitis (which is an inflammatory bowel disease). I’m a huge advocate for the Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and feel it’s so important to spread the word about these diseases because the more we openly talk about them the more chances of funding for research and hopefully a cure.

 Anyway, I got this email today and had to share….
“H.R. 1113 proposes to greatly introduce research funding to key institutions, with a particular emphasis on pediatric research. You can make a big difference in this effort by e-mailing or faxing your legislators, telling them how important this issue is to you. ”

HOW YOU CAN HELP
Please contact your member of the House of Representatives and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 1113, the “Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act.”  

You can get all the details here:
http://www.ccfa.org/advocacy/currentactivities?LMI=7.1&msource=HQ0703DMENWS&tr=y&auid=2446123

xooxox

Posted by Lauren in CCFA

1 Comments

  1. Rachel Kendall, April 6, 2007:

    Thanks for the info. I’m so sorry about your son’s condition…poor kidlet. A close friend suffers immeasurably with Crohn’s disease. Its the kind of thing you have no idea how wretched these conditions are until you know someone who’s struggling with it.

    I’ll write, and forward the link to my friend..she’s got some sort of an online group she’ll distribute it to, though they probably already know about it.

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