This comes from my friend, Doug Sorocco, of PHOSITA and Rethink(IP) fame, who e-mailed me this note today.  I think so highly of Doug that I wanted to post his note in full:

As many of you know, I am the Chairman of the Spina Bifida Association of America which advocates on behalf of those affected by spina bifida and the 65 million women of child bearing age that are at risk for having a child with spina bifida – the most commonly permanently disabling birth defect compatible with life. 

Our annual fundraiser is coming up in October – the Roast of Barbara Walters by members of Congress.  If anyone is interested in attending, it is a lot of fun and there are many opportunities to hang out with media and governmental “movers and shakers”.   Along with the Roast, we raffle a Porsche Boxster – only 2005 tickets will be sold, so there is a 1 in 2005 chance of winning the car.  This event and raffle are the primary fundraising events that we host each year and the money raised is well stewarded – these funds are used for health promotion campaigns such as folic acid awareness (up to 75% of the occurrences of spina bifida can be prevented by taking folic acid prior to conception) as well as research into the effects of living with spina bifida (aging, medical etc.)

I know y’all have quite extensive networks and contacts including throughout the blogger-sphere as well as personally and I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to get this raffle in front of these folks.  If you could forward this brochure on to the folks that you believe would be interested, I would greatly appreciate it (the link is here).

I did actually blog about my work with the SBA once and if you are interested in reading it, it can be found here.

Thank you for your support and allowing me to intrude into your email inbox.

Douglas