To whom it
may concern:
I am writing this letter to formally
invite you to join our fight against Juvenile Arthritis (JA)! I would like to ask for your support on a
personal level, from one family to another, to help us improve the lives of
many children dealing with this autoimmune disease.
My little girl, Annalee, had just
turned two years old when she was diagnosed with this disease. After the initial diagnosis, we have
undergone several joint injections, many x-rays, seeing many specialists,
numerous labs, and the overwhelming sense of dealing with a sick child. One of the biggest problems that we face is
giving our daughter injections of the medication that combats her arthritis but
also depletes her immune system.
Trying to understanding more about
her disease, our family reached out to the local Arthritis Foundation of SLC
for more support. Not only did the
foundation give us many resources we needed to help us understand the disease,
but they also connected us with other families who have also been affected by
JA. The foundation has really helped us
recognize that we are not alone, and there are many programs, events, and
opportunities to learn more about this disease and how we can help to find a
cure.
Please consider joining our family’s
fight to find a cure for our little Annalee.
One of the wonderful opportunities we have is to “WALK” in support of
her. We are joining many others who are
fighting this disease on May 18th, 2013 at Sugar House Park to walk
for a cure. Our family is putting on
their walking shoes in honor of Annalee and to help support her disease and we
are asking that you do the same. To
register for the walk or donate online please visit this website http://www.arthritis.org/utah/arthritis-walk.
From
one family to another,
The
Violas
