|
Free
Cash
Casino
> News
and Articles
06
May 2008
Racing
Professional Pledges Proceeds To
Hope Fund
Racing
driver and team owner Steve
Marcus and his partners will
donate their 2008 season race
proceeds from their new BMW Z4 M
Coupe to the Meisha's Hope
AIHA/IMHA Fund #338 at Morris
Animal Foundation
(MAF).
All
donations to Meisha's Hope are
used to fund research into the
prevention and treatment of this
often fatal blood disorder in
dogs called immune-mediated
hemolytic anemia (IMHA), also
known as autoimmune hemolytic
anemia (AIHA). Marcus's Siberian
husky Tasha was diagnosed with
the disease in
mid-March.
This
autoimmune disease causes a dog's
body to destroy its own red blood
cells. There is no cure and many
dogs - more than 50 percent - die
within weeks of diagnosis. After
realizing how little research has
been done into AIHA/IMHA, Marcus
decided to raise money for the
Meisha's Hope AIHA/IMHA Fund
#338. Marcus will debut his BMW
Z4 M coupe, which will sport paw
print decals and the Morris
Animal Foundation colors and
logo, on May 24 at Lime Rock Park
Race Track in
Connecticut.
The
Lime Rock event also will include
informational brochures about
AIHA/IMHA. Caps, T-shirts and
stickers featuring the paw print
and logos will be available and
donations accepted, with proceeds
going directly to the Meisha's
Hope AIHA/IMHA Fund #338 at
Morris Animal Foundation.
Additional proceeds from events
at the KONI Challenge and BMWCCA
will go into the fund as well.
Through his "Race for Hope"
fundraising efforts, Marcus hopes
to raise more than $500,000 for
AIHA/IMHA research.
"This
is how I can help my own dog and
other dogs," Marcus says. "We
have tremendous ability to
showcase Morris Animal Foundation
and what they do and to direct
funding for research to the
Meisha's Hope Fund. I'm going for
it and I don't like to be second
place!"
The
Meisha's Hope AIHA/IMHA Fund #338
was established at Morris Animal
Foundation in 2002 by Joanne and
David Dickson, whose dog Meisha
was diagnosed with AIHA at age 3
and lived with the disease for
nearly 10 years. The fund has
raised more than $150,000 for
research studies into AIHA/IMHA.
These MAF-funded studies provided
early insight into blood clotting
complications, which often cause
death in dogs with AIHA/ IMHA, as
well as novel drug
treatments.
News
and Articles Index
|
