I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Margaret
http://grantfoundation.net
Margaret
of KS
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Aug 10, 2009 02:55:31 AM
Is Orean Grand spamming?
seems mighty fishy that 4 people commented that close together on the same day about the same company....
Joseph Mohma
of WA
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Jul 26, 2009 15:54:20 PM
Starting our own at Ocean Grand
Looks like Ocean Grand is at
http://www.oceangrand.org
and
http://oceangrand.org/start-a-nonprofit-medical/
and they set the nonprofit up for $285. Really awesome resource. Thanks Tonya and Mike for all you have done to help the fight with Leukemia. Now we are starting our nonprofit to fight Leukemia. Together we can make this happen. I called Ocean Grand to start a nonprofit and they help you every step of the way even fund raising and grant writing.
howard
of IN
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Jul 18, 2009 07:56:27 AM
How do we get a hold of Ocean Grand?
Great comments on Ocean Grand, and sounds like just what we have been looking for. How do we get a hold of Ocean Grand?
jlipham
of VT
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Jul 17, 2009 14:50:10 PM
Way to go.
The story of how a medical nonprofit set up through Ocean Grand helped me is here. http://oceangrand.org/medical-foundation-success/
Like the other comments here, get busy and start your own we can help end Leukemia.
tonya
of GA
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Jul 17, 2009 14:31:05 PM
Set up your own!
Yeah, Ocean Grand who is mentioned in the comments here was awesome when we needed to set up a medical nonprofit for Leukemia ourselves. We highly recomend them and encourage everyone who has a medical need to contact Ocean Grand to help you get yours set up. Together we can all make a huge difference.
mike
of FL
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Jul 17, 2009 14:22:27 PM
Thank you
I lost my partner, at age 30, to leukemia 7 years ago. We were both in college and only working part-time, and he had no health insurance. The logistics of getting treatment, especially in the early months before he was admitted to a hospital for chemo, were incredibly complicated--there was the 2-hour drive to get to the hospital, gas and tolls, and then the long 2-hour drive home when he felt like crap after being hooked up to an IV for hours. We both needed to take off from work and school twice a week for these appointments.
In addition to the stress of this routine, we still had to make rent, utilities, and other expenses while working less. Needless to say our credit cards were getting a workout. His dad, the nearest relative, had just lost his life's savings in the Enron debacle, and couldn't exactly help and all other family lived out of state.
What I'm trying to get at is that an organization like StopLeukemia.org would have been a godsend. We were lucky in that our communities pulled together a couple fundraisers for my partner and were able defray some of our expenses, and thankfully, my college gave me a break--instead of demanding that I begin paying back my student loan when I dropped all my classes, they set it up so that I couldn't re-enroll until I had paid back that quarter's financial aid.
I'm incredibly happy that others going through the trials of luekemia will have StopLeukemia.org as a resource. Thank you, Judd, Tony, and Mike.
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Margaret of KS @ Aug 10, 2009 02:55:31 AM
Joseph Mohma of WA @ Jul 26, 2009 15:54:20 PM
howard of IN @ Jul 18, 2009 07:56:27 AM
jlipham of VT @ Jul 17, 2009 14:50:10 PM
tonya of GA @ Jul 17, 2009 14:31:05 PM
mike of FL @ Jul 17, 2009 14:22:27 PM
Wayward of CA @ Jul 17, 2009 13:00:11 PM
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