RE: Join Me in Bringing Hope to Women Living with LAM
Dear Family and Friends,
There are moments in life when everything changes. For me/our family, that moment came in YEAR when XXXXXX was diagnosed with an extremely rare lung disease called lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
It’s a name most people have never heard before.
It has 24 letters and is pronounced:
“lim-FAN-je-o-LI-o-MI-o-ma-TO-sis.”
Most people simply call it LAM.
Today, I’m asking for your help. I’ve set a personal goal of raising $XX,XXX for The LAM Foundation, the organization leading the fight against this devastating disease. If you are able, please consider donating to help women and families affected by LAM.
LAM is a rare and progressive lung disease that almost exclusively affects women. Abnormal cells grow in the lungs, damaging healthy tissue and making it harder to breathe. Over time, some women require supplemental oxygen or even a lung transplant.
LAM is incredibly rare, only three to five women per million are diagnosed. Because of this, many women spend years searching for answers before finally receiving the correct diagnosis.
When we/I first heard the diagnosis, we/I felt frightened and uncertain about the future. Thankfully, we soon discovered The LAM Foundation.
For more than 30 years, the Foundation has been a beacon of hope for families like ours/patients like me, connecting patients with expert physicians, supporting women living with LAM, and funding groundbreaking research. In fact, the Foundation has raised over $38 million to advance research, helping scientists uncover the genetic cause of LAM and develop the first FDA-approved treatment that can slow or even stop the disease’s progression.
But there is still no cure.
That’s why your support matters so much.
Your gift, of any amount, will help fund research, improve patient care, and move us closer to the day when no woman must hear the words “You have LAM.”
If you would like to help, you can donate in any of the following ways:
- Send a check
Payable to The LAM Foundation (reference “In Honor of FIRST AND LAST NAME”)
The LAM Foundation
PO Box 646625
Cincinnati, OH 45264-6625
- Donate by phone
Call (513) 777-6889.
- Donate online
Visit www.thelamfoundation.org/donate
The Foundation will send you a tax receipt and will notify me that you donated so that I can personally thank you (they do not share individual gift amounts).
Thank you for considering this request and for helping bring hope to women and families facing LAM.
With gratitude,
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