Donation Letter (For Those On Digest)

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For those of you on digest, I am posting the donation letter below since you

do not receive attachments:

[insert Current Date]

[insert name

and address info]

Dear [name]:

I am writing you about a disease I have been diagnosed with called

Relapsing Polychondritis (RP). RP is an uncommon autoimmune disorder

involving inflammation of cartilage and other connective tissues of the

ears, joints, nose, larynx, trachea, eyes, heart valves, kidneys and blood

vessels. It affects each individual differently and may be mild or life

threatening. Because it is considered a rare “orphan” disease with an

estimated incidence of 3.5 cases per million people, there is not a lot of

funding for research into the cause, treatment and cure. That is why I am

writing to you.

The Relapsing Polychondritis Support and Awareness Foundation is a

non-profit organization dedicated to providing support to RP sufferers,

their friends and family members in the form of educational material and to

promote awareness by distributing educational materials to health care

providers. Perhaps most importantly, the RP Foundation raises funds to

assist in research to understand the cause and hopefully, one day, find a

cure. All monies contributed to the RP Foundation are tax deductible and go

directly to support research and educating the public, and medical

profession, on this disease. No one in the organization is paid for their

work. All members either have RP or a close family member with RP. To

learn more about RP and the RP Foundation, visit the RP Foundation’s website

at www.polychondritis.org.

Please help us to continue to support RP research by making a contribution

to: RP Foundation, c/o Colloran, 775 Bounty Place, Manteca,

California 95337. Any contribution you can make would be deeply appreciated

and will be going to a cause that could make a big difference in my life.

Very truly yours,

[Name]