Project Bones Rides Again
I was hoping to set aside time this week to blog a little bit about Bones and a little bit about The Finder; because I loved one and was pleasantly surprised by the other. I'm sure I'll be watching the free copy of both that Fox was handing out on iTunes and Amazon; though Bones will always be first in my heart. I gave The Finder a watch because it's Hart's show and it earned another viewing. It's no Bones or Once Upon A Time, but it's not a horrid way to pass the time until Bones is back.
Anyway, that's what I was GOING to talk about but instead I'm wading knee-deep through something that's even nearer and dearer to my heart: Project Bones. Last year Project Bones and the Bones online community at large raised over $5,000 for Shriner's Hospitals for Children and Stand Up to Cancer. This year's cause is no less deserving of attention and support.
Over 400,000 people in the US have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and over 2,000,000 people worldwide are affected by the disease. According to http://www.msif.org/en/about_ms/what_is_ms.html "Multiple sclerosis is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). MS is an inflammatory demyelination condition. Myelin is a fatty material that insulates nerves, acting much like the covering of an electric wire and allowing the nerve to transmit its impulses rapidly. It is the speed and efficiency with which these impulses are conducted that permits smooth, rapid and co-ordinated movements to be performed with little conscious effort.
In multiple sclerosis, the loss of myelin (demyelination) is accompanied by a disruption in the ability of the nerves to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain and this produces the various symptoms of MS. The sites where myelin is lost (plaques or lesions) appear as hardened (scar) areas: in multiple sclerosis these scars appear at different times and in different areas of the brain and spinal cord. The term multiple sclerosis means, literally, many scars."
Knowing all of this, Project Bones has stepped up and is joining WalkMS, sponsored by the National MS Society, in Washington DC on April 21, 2012. The money we raise will go to fund world-wide research and support for people living with MS, as well as help raise awareness. Our theme since launching last week has been "100 Days/5,000 Dollars"
There are several ways you can help:
1) Join us in DC on our 3 mile walk
2) Join us in DC as an event volunteer
3) Join as a virtual walker; which means you will be raising funds even if you can't make it on the day of the event.
For the options above, head to http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/DCWWalkEvents?pg=team&fr_id=17747&team_id=274578 as well as my personal 100 Days Blog: http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/DCWWalkEvents?px=10430770&pg=personal&fr_id=17747 to get the info you need.
4) Shop in the "Bones Marketplace" for fan-made goods whose profits will go directly to the Team Project Bones WalkMS account.
5) If you have an artistic bent that you'd like to share with others, contact us at ProjectBones2011@gmail.com and find out how to sell your goods in the Bones Marketplace for Team Project Bones.
The Project Bones Marketplace is at http://www.webstore.com/shop.php?user_id=103737 It's a little on the barren side right now, but we have a few people already preparing their goods to sell and hopefully some of you very talented fans will lend your wares as well.
For more information you can follow us on Twitter @Project_Bones or at our main headquarters, http://gormogonsvault.1.forumer.com/index.php?act=idx where information on the projects can be found in English, Italian, German, Turkish, and a few other languages. Thanks for your time and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!
Heather :)
Anyway, that's what I was GOING to talk about but instead I'm wading knee-deep through something that's even nearer and dearer to my heart: Project Bones. Last year Project Bones and the Bones online community at large raised over $5,000 for Shriner's Hospitals for Children and Stand Up to Cancer. This year's cause is no less deserving of attention and support.
Over 400,000 people in the US have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and over 2,000,000 people worldwide are affected by the disease. According to http://www.msif.org/en/about_ms/what_is_ms.html "Multiple sclerosis is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). MS is an inflammatory demyelination condition. Myelin is a fatty material that insulates nerves, acting much like the covering of an electric wire and allowing the nerve to transmit its impulses rapidly. It is the speed and efficiency with which these impulses are conducted that permits smooth, rapid and co-ordinated movements to be performed with little conscious effort.
In multiple sclerosis, the loss of myelin (demyelination) is accompanied by a disruption in the ability of the nerves to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain and this produces the various symptoms of MS. The sites where myelin is lost (plaques or lesions) appear as hardened (scar) areas: in multiple sclerosis these scars appear at different times and in different areas of the brain and spinal cord. The term multiple sclerosis means, literally, many scars."
Knowing all of this, Project Bones has stepped up and is joining WalkMS, sponsored by the National MS Society, in Washington DC on April 21, 2012. The money we raise will go to fund world-wide research and support for people living with MS, as well as help raise awareness. Our theme since launching last week has been "100 Days/5,000 Dollars"
There are several ways you can help:
1) Join us in DC on our 3 mile walk
2) Join us in DC as an event volunteer
3) Join as a virtual walker; which means you will be raising funds even if you can't make it on the day of the event.
For the options above, head to http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/DCWWalkEvents?pg=team&fr_id=17747&team_id=274578 as well as my personal 100 Days Blog: http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/DCWWalkEvents?px=10430770&pg=personal&fr_id=17747 to get the info you need.
4) Shop in the "Bones Marketplace" for fan-made goods whose profits will go directly to the Team Project Bones WalkMS account.
5) If you have an artistic bent that you'd like to share with others, contact us at ProjectBones2011@gmail.com and find out how to sell your goods in the Bones Marketplace for Team Project Bones.
The Project Bones Marketplace is at http://www.webstore.com/shop.php?user_id=103737 It's a little on the barren side right now, but we have a few people already preparing their goods to sell and hopefully some of you very talented fans will lend your wares as well.
For more information you can follow us on Twitter @Project_Bones or at our main headquarters, http://gormogonsvault.1.forumer.com/index.php?act=idx where information on the projects can be found in English, Italian, German, Turkish, and a few other languages. Thanks for your time and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!
Heather :)