| February, 2009
Dear Generous Corporate Sponsor:
I invite you
to support families across California as we work together to raise
awareness of Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), a little-known, complex
disorder that causes global developmental delays, mental retardation,
behavioral problems, and a host of other serious symptoms that all
too frequently take the lives of our precious children. PWS is the
number one genetic cause of morbid obesity.
I am the parent
of a child who has Prader-Willi Syndrome. I am also a member of
Prader-Willi California Foundation (PWCF) a non-profit, 501 (c)(3)
charitable corporation serving children and adults in the state
of California who were born with PWS.
Each year PWCF
commemorates Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month by holding awareness
and fundraising events called Walking for Prader-Willi Syndrome.
I have enclosed a brochure announcing these statewide events that
are held in both Southern and Northern California.
The Foundation
and the families it supports depend upon generous corporations like
yours to support our awareness- and fund-raising efforts. I invite
you to participate in this year's Walk as a general sponsor,
or sponsor a corporate Footprint Sign (or two!) to publicize your
company along the Walk path. All generous corporate sponsors
will be appreciated in an upcoming edition of the Foundation's newsletter
which enjoys a readership in excess of 700 in California and throughout
the United States.
Please feel
free to contact Prader-Willi California Foundation if you have any
questions about sponsorship or if you'd like more information about
Prader-Willi Syndrome, the Walk events, or about the Foundation.
On behalf of
Prader-Willi California Foundation, the hundreds of individuals
and families it serves, and on behalf of my own family I thank you
for your consideration. With your help our families will have greater
access to the tools we need to manage the myriad challenges associated
with this complex disorder. Help us help our children so that they
may pursue their individual hopes and dreams to the full extent
of their talents and capabilities.
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