It's the Holiday Season; Unpaid Advertisement Follows

A couple quick administrative things:

1. If you haven't registered at www.trisomy18.org, or you registered but chose not to accept email from the organization, then you're not aware of the new collectible holiday ornaments. This ornament is the first in an annual series and it comes enclosed with a special awareness card. I think you'll agree these ornaments are attractive and reasonably priced, and would make a nice holiday gift.

1a. Also, if you haven't chosen to accept emails from the Foundation, you'll miss out on the highly anticipated debut of "From the Desk of the VP of Development" (a working title). Hopefully this catches on and serves as an effective means of communicating progress and goals with the members of the community, while simultaneously helping to coach and empower them to broaden the reach of the Foundation through fundraising and awareness efforts with their own networks - much in the way all of you helped us through the Triathletes for Trisomy 18 efforts last summer.

So, anyway, if you don't get emails from the Foundation make sure you have an active email address listed in your profile. If you're not sure one way or the other, shoot me an email letting me know you want to receive correspondence from the Foundation (using the email address you want the correspondence sent to) and I will make sure your status is updated appropriately.

[Also feel free to email ideas on what I should write about. For some reason I don't think I'll get away with mass communicating Giants updates to the community. FYI: if you didn't receive an email "From the Desk of the Executive Director" on Nov 20, you're not set up to receive email from the Foundation.]

2. The Foundation also has Keepsake bracelets like the one in the picture above. You can get one with or without a birthstone, and they also are reasonably priced, make nice gifts, and come with a special awareness card.

Both the ornaments and the bracelets require some lead time, so the holiday deadline is fast approaching.

Most importantly, proceeds from these items immediately benefit the Trisomy 18 Foundation and its mission of support, advocacy, and research. Items can be purchased by clicking here.