Dear Friends & Family,

On October 13, 2024, Deneen and I are racing in the Chicago Marathon on behalf of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis (U2FP). We recently learned about this organization and are proud to be fundraising in support of their mission to accelerate curative therapies for people with a spinal cord injury (SCI).

U2FP is unique because the majority of their staff and board have spinal cord injuries. They believe in educating the SCI Community on the science of cures, and then using that education for patient-led advocacy and support for research. Their innovative work includes such initiatives as their:

Cure Advocacy Network, which has added over $31M in legislative funding to the cure effort in multiple states WHILE transforming the process so that the SCI community helps decide what research gets funded.

Annual Symposium, a 2-day gathering where top researchers present the latest cure science and then the SCI Community drives the discussion about effective strategies to get treatments available quickly.

SCI Consultants, where U2FP matches individuals with an SCI into top SCI research labs around the country, so that they can collaborate and problem solve towards effective curative interventions.

We've committed to raising $2,000.00 by the completion of the race. Please consider making a donation to my fundraising page

https://u2fp.app.neoncrm.com/teammondejar

 or by sending a check payable to Unite 2 Fight Paralysis to the address below.

U2FP

528 Hennepin Ave, Suite 606

Minneapolis, MN 55403

(add runner’s name to the memo section on the check)

Thank You for your Support!