Rocktek Toolkit

Rocktek is pleased to announce they will be volunteering to assist the Boise, Idaho MDA Chapter for their 2007 drive to raise money to help families that are suffering from neuromuscular diseases.

You can donate on line to Help the MDA raise money for their 2007 Lock Ups fund raising.

Since its founding in 1950, the Muscular Dystrophy Association has become one of the nation’s largest and best-known voluntary health agencies. MDA provides comprehensive medical services to tens of thousands of people with neuromuscular diseases at some 225 hospital-affiliated clinics across the country. The Association’s worldwide research program, which funds some 400 individual scientific investigations annually, represents the largest single effort to advance knowledge of neuromuscular diseases and to find cures and treatments for them.

MDA assists with purchase and repair of wheelchairs, leg braces and communication devices prescribed by MDA clinic physicians. Those served by MDA receive up-to-date, helpful information about the Association’s research information, the Association’s research progress, and other topics related to living with a neuromuscular disease.

MDA’s local offices also refer those they serve to other community resources that can be of assistance. E-mail them at boisedistrict@mdausa.org or call us at (208) 327-0107 for more information.

MDA supports more research on neuromuscular diseases than any other private-sector organization in the world, seeking causes of, and cures and treatments for, neuromuscular disorders. MDA-funded scientists are in the forefront of cell-based therapy research and are testing potential treatments for several neuromuscular disorders.

Dina & Ryan are getting married at the Boise Hawks Stadium this summer on September 2, 2007.

As a co-sponsor we are pleased to share in this annual event put on by Zweddings.com and the Boise Hawks.

This is no ordinary wedding, this is Boise’s first annual Baseball Bride Extravaganza, sure to keep you entertained and excited to visit the ballpark every “Wedding Wednesday“.

Check back for event dates and participate in the most exciting wedding Boise has ever seen. If you can’t make the game you can view it online here through Fiberpipe’s online streaming

Stay tuned for your chance to vote on the dress, flowers, invitations, cake and the photographer they will use for their special day by going to baseballbride.com.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk is the nation’s night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of patients battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost. On October 4, 2007 Boise Idaho will be having their Light The Night Walk event. This event will be coinciding with Boise’s First Thursday in downtown Boise Idaho.

The Society funds lifesaving cancer research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and many other types of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants that have prolonged and enhanced the lives of patients. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue have already begun to provide drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life.

But more research is critically needed:

• Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every ten minutes, someone dies.
• Leukemia causes more deaths among children than any other cancer
• More than 20,000 Americans died from lymphoma in 2006
• The survival rate for myeloma is just 33 per cent

Please make a donation to support Light The Night Walk and help save lives.

Drink Goji is a Boise Idaho local business that is supporting this event.

Join us for our walk on:

October 4, 2007 at Capitol Park, Boise, Idaho

Thanks for your support!

A Hand Up… Not a Hand Out

Boise Idaho will be having their Third Annual Mini-Stand Down Saturday May 13, 2006 from 10AM - 2PM with lunch served no later than 1 PM, at the Corpus Christi House 525 Americana Boulevard Boise Idaho. If you are interested in helping out please call Mike Smith at the Corpus Christi House (208) 426-0045. Food will be provided by Villano’s Specialty Market Boise Idaho.

The main Boise Stand Down will be held on September 9, 2006.

The first Stand Down was organized in 1988 by a group of Vietnam Veterans in San Diego. Since then, Stand Downs have been used as an effective tool in reaching out to homeless veterans, reaching more than 200,000 veterans and their family members between 1994-2000.

Stand Downs are one part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ efforts to provide services to homeless veterans. Stand Downs are typically one to three day events providing services to homeless veterans such as food, shelter, clothing, health screenings, VA and Social Security benefits counseling, and referrals to a variety of other necessary services, such as housing, employment and substance abuse treatment. Stand Downs are collaborative events, coordinated between local VAs, other government agencies, and community agencies who serve the homeless.

Boise has been participating in the National Stand Down Program going on thirteen years and will be holding their more involved program on September 9, 2006. If you are interested in helping out or making donations, please contact Mike Smith at the Corpus Christi House Boise Idaho (208) 426-0045.

Need more information for Stand Downs 2006.

Participating Businesses and Volunteers:

“C” Company 4th Tank Battalion - Boise Idaho
Corpus Christi Christ House
El-Ada Community Action Partnership
Lens Crafters
PODS Portable Containers
U.S. Dept. of Labor/VETS
Veterans Administration - Boise
Villano’s Specialty Market