Arthritis Walk
As I do every year, I am participating in the Arthritis Walk, which raises money for the Arthritis Foundation.
When I was a child with arthritis, going to Arthritis Camp was the highlight of my year. My camp fees were paid for by the Arthritis Foundation for 10 years. I'm doing the Arthritis Walk until I've paid the Arthritis Foundation back... and then some!
As an adult, I still have Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, but it was especially hard as a kid. I often felt like the only kid in the entire world with JRA. Arthritis Camp gave me the chance to be with other kids with arthritis and gave me a place where JRA didn't make me different-where it made me fit in, instead!
That is why I walk, every year: in the hopes that the money I raise will help support another kid with JRA, the same way the Arthritis Foundation supported me.
So far, I've only had donations from 2 people this year (Thank you!). I know many of you can't afford to support me financially and that's okay; but for those of you who can, please contribute whatever you can. If you're uncomfortable donating online, checks written out to the Arthritis Foundation can be mailed to me. Thank you!
To sponsor:
http://annapolisarthritiswalk.kintera.org/taniahh
And if any of you who are local would like to walk with me and join my team:
http://annapolisarthritiswalk.kintera.org/tanias_team
When I was a child with arthritis, going to Arthritis Camp was the highlight of my year. My camp fees were paid for by the Arthritis Foundation for 10 years. I'm doing the Arthritis Walk until I've paid the Arthritis Foundation back... and then some!
As an adult, I still have Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, but it was especially hard as a kid. I often felt like the only kid in the entire world with JRA. Arthritis Camp gave me the chance to be with other kids with arthritis and gave me a place where JRA didn't make me different-where it made me fit in, instead!
That is why I walk, every year: in the hopes that the money I raise will help support another kid with JRA, the same way the Arthritis Foundation supported me.
So far, I've only had donations from 2 people this year (Thank you!). I know many of you can't afford to support me financially and that's okay; but for those of you who can, please contribute whatever you can. If you're uncomfortable donating online, checks written out to the Arthritis Foundation can be mailed to me. Thank you!
To sponsor:
http://annapolisarthritiswalk.kintera.org/taniahh
And if any of you who are local would like to walk with me and join my team:
http://annapolisarthritiswalk.kintera.org/tanias_team