Join UMDF!
28 Jan
The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) has changed and enhanced its membership options effective this month (January, 2009) in order to attract more people to its membership. Prior to this change, it cost fifty dollars ($50.00) to join the UMDF. Now, there are multiple membership options.
Everyone can join now under the HOPE membership option, which is free and allows members to have free general membership in the UMDF. EVERYONE should join the UMDF with this membership alone! Its FREE!
In addition, they have renamed their regular membership to the ENERGY membership, and it stil costs $50 per family per year. The main benefits you would get with an ENERGY membership include the newsletter (electronic or via mail), the ability to ask questions to a Mito Doctor on the “Ask the Mito Doc” portion of the website, discounts on merchandise and supplements, and even a VOTE at the annual symposium.
In any event, everyone who has any interest in mitochondrial disease or who has been touched by a child or adult with mito should join the UMDF. The larger our membership, the more “noise” we can make to get funding for research and to let the world know that mitochondrial disease deserves the attention it so lacks at this time.
To join or renew your membership in the UMDF, click HERE.
This is a great cause and I urge everyone to join. Mitochondrial Disease lacks the funding and support it deserves. As research continues to develop a better understanding of this disease, new evidence is uncovering complex links to a wide variety of other diseases.
Please consider supporting this very important foundation.
Thanks for the info Lisa. I had been so busy I missed the change. You have a great blog! I came from the mito yahoo group. If you want stop over at my blog http://www.specialneedshomeschooling.com I would love to link. Possibly even have you for guest blogger about education and mito? If interested let me know. Happy mother’s day!
God bless
Heather L